A heat pump absorbs heat from the atmosphere at a rate of 30 kW. If work is being done to run this heat pump at a rate of 7.7 kW, what is the coefficient of performance (COP) of the heat pump?

A) 22 B) 0.26 C) 2.9 D) 4.9 E) 3.9


D

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