Assume that you heat your home with a heat pump whose heat exchanger is at Tc=2∘C, and which maintains the baseboard radiators at Th=47∘C. If it would cost $1000 to heat the house for one winter with ideal electric heaters (which have a coefficient of performance of 1), how much would it cost if the actual coefficient of performance of the heat pump were 75% of that allowed by thermodynamics?

Answer:$187.61 Step-by-step explanation:Data provided:Temperature of the heat exchanger, Tc = 2° C = 273 + 2 = 275 KTemperature of the base board radiators , Th=47° C = 273 + 47 = 320 KCost of heating the house = $1000Coefficient of performance of the heat pump = 75% = 0.75Now,Actual performance = 75% of performance of heat pumporActual performance = 0.75 × [tex]\frac{\textup{Th}}{\textup{Th-Tc}}[/tex] orActual performance = 0.75 × [tex]\frac{320 K}{320-275}[/tex] orActual performance = 0.75 × [tex]\frac{320}{45}[/tex] orActual performance = 5.33 Therefore, the cost = [tex]\frac{\textup{1000}}{\textup{5.33}}[/tex] orcost = $187.61