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Air at 1 atm flowing at a rate of 0.1 kg / s has to be...

Air at 1 atm flowing at a rate of 0.1 kg / s has to be cooled from 400 to 300K in a tube of 10 cm in diameter with a uniform wall temperature of 250 K. Determine the length of the tube.

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