The length of time of the refrigerator

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A refrigerator with an average COP of 2.8 is used to cool a well-insulated container whose contents are equivalent to 12 Kg of water from 40 degree C to 10 degree C. When running, the refrigerator consumes 400W of electric power. The length of time the refrigerator must run to accomplish this cooling is
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