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In an effort to save energy and, thus, money, many people

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by BTGmoderatorDC » Tue Apr 16, 2019 6:15 pm
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In an effort to save energy and, thus, money, many people keep their electric freezers halfempty at all times, using them to store prefrozen foods bought at a store and nothing else. Yet freezers that are half-empty usually consume more energy than they would if they were kept fully stocked.

Which of the following, if true, contributes most to an explanation for the apparent discrepancy described above?


A) A person who normally maintains a halfempty freezer would save a considerable amount of money by using a freezer that is half as large.

B) An electric freezer can operate efficiently only if chilled air is free to circulate within the freezing compartment.

C) A given volume of air in a freezer requires much more energy to be maintained at a temperature below freezing than does an identical volume of frozen food.

D) The door of a full freezer is likely to be opened more often, and for a longer period of time, than is the door of a halfempty freezer.

E) On average, it takes less energy to keep food frozen than it does to get it from room temperature to a frozen state.

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by deloitte247 » Sat Apr 20, 2019 4:32 am
OPTION A:- INCORRECT
The argument isn't about the considerable amount of buying a smaller freezer neither does it explain why many people believe that keeping electric freezers half empty saves energy.

OPTION B:- INCORRECT
This cannot explain the reason for the difference because, this option claims that the freezer can operate efficiently only if chilled air is free to circulate while the argument is more concerned with the energy consumed than how effectively the freezer works.

OPTION C:- CORRECT
This explains the difference in the argument because it explains the reason why the half filled freezer is likely to be opened more often than a half full freezer uses more energy.

OPTION D:- INCORRECT
This doesn't explain or give a solution to the difference in the argument. the fact that the door of a full freezer is likely to be opened more often than a half full freezer doesn't explain why a half filled freezer uses more energy.

OPTION E:- INCORRECT
This isn't a befitting explanation to why a half filled freezer uses more energy even when the food is prefrozen as said in the argument.
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