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Heat transfer by convection is governed by:

1. Newton's law of cooling
2. Fourier's law
3. Stefan–Boltzmann law
4. Wien's displacement law

Answer

A. Newton's law of cooling

Solution

q = hA(Ts - T ∞ ), where h is the convection heat transfer coefficient.

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