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A 600-MW Electric Power Plant Has an Efficiency of 30

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A 600-MW electric power plant has an efficiency of 30%.It loses its waste heat in large cooling towers.Approximately how much waste heat (in MJ) is discharged to the atmosphere per second?


A) 1400 MJ
B) 1900 MJ
C) 800 MJ
D) 560 MJ

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