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

Exercise 24

A large Styrofoam cooler has a surface area of 1.0 m 2 and a thickness of 2.5 cm. If 5.0 kg of ice at 0 °C is stored inside and the outside temperature is a constant 35 °C, how long does it take for all the ice to melt (Consider conduction only.)