An Ideal Carnot Refrigerator with a Performance Coefficient (COP) Of 5.0

question 41

Multiple Choice

An ideal Carnot refrigerator with a performance coefficient (COP) of $5.0$ cools items inside of it to $5.0 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }$ . What is the high temperature needed to operate this refrigerator?

• A) \(1395 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\)
• B) \(30 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\)
• C) \(61 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\)
• D) \(6 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\)

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