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An icebox made of 1.5cm thick stuyrofoam has dimensions `60cmxx60cmxx30cm.It contains ice at which the ice is melting. Latent heat of fusion of ice`=3.36xx10^(5)J kg^(-1)` . and thermal conductivity of styrofoam `=0.04Wm^(-1)`^(@)C^(-1)` .

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