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An electric heater is placed inside a room of total wall area and maintained at a temperature inside, outside temperature . The walls are made up of three composite materials. The innermost layer is made up of wood of thickness , the middle layer is of cement of thickness and the exterior layer is thick. Assuming there is no loss of heat through any other way, the power of the electric heater is (the thermal conductivity of wood, cement and brick are , and respectively)

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(RTh)w =
(RTh)C =
(RTh)B =
RTh = (RTh)w +(RTh)C+ (RTh)B
=
Rate of heat flow = =
(RTh)C =
(RTh)B =
RTh = (RTh)w +(RTh)C+ (RTh)B
=
Rate of heat flow = =
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