A 6-m-long 3-kW electrical resistance wire is made of 0.2-cm-diameter stainless steel (k = 15.1 W/mK). The

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A 6-m-long 3-kW electrical resistance wire is made of 0.2-cm-diameter stainless steel (k = 15.1 W/m·K). The resistance wire operates in an environment at 20°C with a heat transfer coefficient of 175 W/m2·K at the outer surface. Determine the surface temperature of the wire

(a) By using the applicable relation

(b) By setting up the proper differential equation and solving it.

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