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What is the temperature gradient from inside to outside the wall?

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A wall has an inside temperature 149 Celsius and outside temperature 22 Celsius. Its area is 6 m^2 and its uniform thickness is .38m. What is the temperature gradient from inside to outside? If the inside temperature decreased, thereby increasing the temperature difference by a factor of 1.749 what would be the temperature gradient?

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In five lines, the problem determines what is the temperature gradient from inside to outside the wall.

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Temperature gradient is the rate of change of temperature with distance in any given direction at any point.
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