A sphere of radius 40 cm is lagged to a radius of 50 cm. The temperatures of outer and inner surfaces are 66?C and 235?C respectively. Thermal conductivity of logging per cm thickness is 0.7 kcal/m-hr?C. The rate of heat leakage will be

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