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Transcribed Image Text:Consider two different construction materials with the following R values: R = 2R and R = R. If the cross-sectional area of each material and the temperature difference across them is
the same, how thick would material 2 have to be, such that the rate of heat flow through each material is equal, if the thickness of material 1 is L?
O L
O All three bricks weigh the same.
O L2
O L/4
O 2L
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