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A typical coal-fired power plant burns 310 metric tons of coal every hour to generate 720 of electricity. 1 metric ton 1000 kg. The density of coal is 1500 and its heat of combustion is 28 . Assume that all heat is transferred from the fuel to the boiler and that all the work done in spinning the turbine is transformed into electrical energy.

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