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A farmer runs a heat pump with a 2 kW motor. It should keep a chicken hatchery at 90 F, which loses energy at a rate of 10 Btu/* to the colder ambient Tamb. What is the minimum coefficient of performance that will be acceptable for the heat pump?

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Power input:

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