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Find the time in which a layer of ice thickness `h` will grow on the surface of the pond of surface area `A`, when the surrounding temperature falls to `-T^(@)C`.
(Assume `K=` thermal conductivity of ice, `rho-` densityy of water `L=` latent heat of fusion)

A

`t=(rhoL)/(2KT)h^(2)`

B

`t-(rhoL)/(KT)h^(2)`

C

`t=(rhoLh^(2))/(3KT)`

D

`t=(rhoLh^(2))/(4KT)`

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