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A heat pump is to be used to heat a house in winter and then reversed to cool the house in summer. The interior space is to be maintained at

20°C. Heat transfer through walls and roof is estimated to be 0.525 kJ/sec per degree difference in temperature between inside and outside. In winter if the outside temperature is 5°C, what is the minimum power required to drive the heat pump?

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