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Estimate the rate at which ice would melt in a wooden box 20 mm thick and of inside measurement 200 cm x 100 cm x 100 cm assumming that external temperature is `27^(@)C` and coefficient of thermal conductivity of wood is `0.0004 cal s^(-1) cm^(-1) .^(@)C^(-1)`.

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