A solar heated house loses about 7.4 *107 cal through its outer surfaces on a typical 24-hour winter day. What mass of storage rock is needed to provide this amount of heat if it is brought up to initial temperature of 62 C by the solar collectors, and the house is maintained at 20 C? (Specific heat of rock is 0.21 cal/g · C.)
A) 160 kg
B) 1200 kg
C) 6100 kg
D) 8400 kg
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