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In a refrigerator, the external work done on the working substance in one cycle is 20% of the energy extracted from the cold reservoir. The coefficient of performance of the refrigerator is

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The cofficient of performance of the refrigerator , `prop = Q_(c)/W = 1/ 0.2 = 5 `
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