A steel bar 10.0 cm long is welded end to end to a copper bar 20.0 cmlong. Each bar has a square cross section, 2.00 cm on a side. The freeend of the steel bar is kept at 100°C by placing it in contact with steam,and the free end of the copper bar is kept at 0°C by placing it in contactwith ice. Both bars are perfectly insulated on their sides. Find thesteady-state temperature at the junction of the two bars and the totalrate of heat flow through the bars.

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A steel bar 10.0 cm long is welded end to end to a copper bar 20.0 cm
long. Each bar has a square cross section, 2.00 cm on a side. The free
end of the steel bar is kept at 100°C by placing it in contact with steam,
and the free end of the copper bar is kept at 0°C by placing it in contact
with ice. Both bars are perfectly insulated on their sides. Find the
steady-state temperature at the junction of the two bars and the total
rate of heat flow through the bars.

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