A heat pump delivers 1.0 kJ of heat to the inside of a house on a day when the outside temperature is -15.0 °C and the indoor temperature is 22.0 °C. (a) Calculate the Carnot coefficient of performance for the heat pump.   (b) Calculate the minimum work (in kJ) that was done by the heat pump.  kJ

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A heat pump delivers 1.0 kJ of heat to the inside of a house on a day when the outside temperature is -15.0 °C and the indoor temperature is 22.0 °C.
(a)
Calculate the Carnot coefficient of performance for the heat pump.
 
(b)
Calculate the minimum work (in kJ) that was done by the heat pump.
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