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The recovery time of a hot water heater is the time required to heat all the water in the unit to the desired temperature.

Suppse that a 52 gallon ( 1.00 gal=3.79 x 10^-3 m^3) unit starts with cold water at 11 degrees Celsius and delivers hot water at 53 degrees Celsius. The unit is electric and utilizes a resistance heater (120 V ac, 3.0 ohms) to heat the water. Assuming that no heat is lost to the environment, what is the recovery time (in hours) of the unit?

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The recovery time of a hot water heater is the time required to heat all the water in the unit to the desired temperature. Suppse that a 52 gallon ( 1.00 gal=3.79 x 10^-3 ...

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