An immersion heater used to boil water for a single cup of tea plugs into a 120 V outlet and is rated at 200 W . Suppose

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An immersion heater used to boil water for a single cup of tea plugs into a 120 V outlet and is rated at 200 W . Suppose

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An immersion heater used to boil water for a single cup of teaplugs into a 120 V outlet and is rated at 200 W . Suppose yoursuper-size, super-insulated tea mug contains 400 g of water at atemperature of 18 ∘C. You can ignore the energy needed to raise thetemperature of the mug and the heater itself.
Part B: How long will this heater take to bring the waterto a boil?
Express your answer using two significant figures.
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