College Physics with MasteringPhysics 7th Edition by Jerry Wilson,Anthony Buffa,Bo Lou

Exercise 93

The wall of a house is composed of a solid concrete block with an outside brick veneer and is faced on the inside with fiberboard, as illustrated in Fig. If the outside temperature on a cold day is 10 °C and the inside temperature is 20 °C, how much energy is conducted through the wall in 1.0 h if it measures 3.5 m by 5.0 m

FIGURE Thermal conductivity and heat loss See Exercise.