Physics, Books a la Carte Edition (5th Edition)
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Author: James S. Walker
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Chapter 16, Problem 58PCE
Two cylindrical metal rods—one copper, the other lead—are connected in parallel with a temperature of 21.0 °C at one end and 112 °C at the other end. Both rods are 0.650 m in length, and the lead rod is 2.76 cm in diameter. If the combined rate of heat flow through the two rods is 33.2J/s, what is the diameter of the copper rod?
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