For a Fossil Fueled Electrical Generating Plant, 10,000 Btu of Chemical

question 19

Multiple Choice

For a fossil fueled electrical generating plant, 10,000 Btu of chemical energy into the plant will result in about how many Btu's of waste heat dumped into the environment:

• A) 0
• B) 1000
• C) 4000
• D) 6000
• E) 10,000 Btu's

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Definitions:

Pareto Distribution

A probability distribution used to describe phenomena in the natural and social sciences where a small proportion of occurrences leads to a large proportion of outcomes.

Lognormal Distribution

A continuous probability distribution of a random variable whose logarithm is normally distributed.

Joint Probability Distribution

A statistical measure that gives the likelihood of two or more events occurring simultaneously and the relationship between them.

Random Variables

A mathematical representation of a quantitative variable whose value depends on outcomes of a random phenomenon.