Thermodynamic Devices: A refrigerator has a performance coefficient (COP) of 1.15, and it extracts 7.95 J of heat from the cold reservoir during each cycle.(a) How much work is done on the gas in each cycle?(b) How much heat is exhausted into the hot reservoir in each cycle?

What will be an ideal response?


(a) 6.91 J (b) 14.9 J

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Fill the blank(s) with correct word

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