Two rods of same length and material transfer a given amount of heat in $12 \ s$,when they are joined end to end. But when they are joined along their lengths (parallel combination),then they will transfer the same amount of heat under the same conditions in time $t = \dots \ s$.

$A$ window used to thermally insulate a room from outside consists of two parallel glass sheets each of area $2.6 \,m^2$ and thickness $1 \,cm$ separated by $5 \,cm$ thick stagnant air. In the steady state, the room-glass interface is at $18^{\circ} C$ and the glass-outdoor interface is at $-2^{\circ} C$. If the thermal conductivities of glass and air are respectively $0.8 \,Wm^{-1} K^{-1}$ and $0.08 \,Wm^{-1} K^{-1}$, the rate of flow of heat through the window is (in $\,W$)

$ABCDE$ is a regular pentagon made of uniform wire. Heat enters at $A$ and leaves at $C$. $T_B$ and $T_D$ are the temperatures of points $B$ and $D$ respectively. Find the temperature $T_C$.

$A$ cylinder of radius $R$ made of a material of thermal conductivity $k_1$ is surrounded by a cylindrical shell of inner radius $R$ and outer radius $2R$ made of a material of thermal conductivity $k_2$. The two ends of the combined system are maintained at different temperatures. There is no loss of heat from the cylindrical surface and the system is in steady state. The effective thermal conductivity of the system is

Two rods whose lengths are $l_1$ and $l_2$ with thermal conductivity coefficients $k_1$ and $k_2$ are placed end to end. The thermal conductivity coefficient of a uniform rod of length $l_1+l_2$ whose thermal resistance is the same as that of the system of these two rods is

Six wires,each of cross-sectional area $A$ and length $l$,are combined as shown in the figure. The thermal conductivities of copper and iron are $K_1$ and $K_2$ respectively. The equivalent thermal resistance between points $A$ and $C$ is: