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losalobos46
25.05.2021 • 
Physics

Question 10: (1 point) Occasionally, huge icebergs are found floating on the ocean's currents. Suppose one such iceberg is 98 km long, 34.7 km wide, and
200 m thick
(a) How much heat in joules would be required to melt this iceberg (assumed to be at 0°C) into liquid water at 0°C? The density of ico
is 917 kg/m and the latent heat of fusion is 334 kJ/kg.
Number:
Units:
(b) The annual energy comsumption for Australia in the 2017-2018 financial year was 6.172x1018 J. If this energy was delivered to the
iceberg every year, how many years would it take before the ice melted?
Number:
Units:
376

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