Why is it necessary that the crankcase heater heats the compressor crankcase before starting the compressor?

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To boil out any liquid refrigerant present in the crankcase. Otherwise, some of the liquid will reach the compressor cylinders and may cause damage.

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The mass of water in a container varies by the following relationship: dm/dt = 6.0 – 0.5 t + 0.003 t2 , where t is in seconds and m is in kg. Determine the change in mass of the water in the container during a 5 second period of time.

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In Problem 5-5, if there are an average of 25 crashes per year on the segment proposed for improvement, and 62% of the crashes are of the type targeted by the improvement, estimate the expected number of crashes (per year) after the improvement is constructed.

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List three items that a letter of introduction should include:

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Hogs are efficient converters of feed to meat requiring about how many pounds of feed per pound of gain?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

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