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A 35-kg box of beef at 6 C having a water content of 60% is to...

A 35-kg box of beef at 6 C having a water content of 60% is to be frozen to a temperature of -20 C in 3 h. Determine:

a) the total amount of heat that must be removed from the beef

b) the average rate of heat removal from the beef

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