An electric heater is used to melt a block of ice of mass 1.5kg. If the heater is powered by a 12V battery and a current of 20A flows through the coil, calculate the time taken to melt the block of ice at 0^oC. [specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336 x 10³Jkg^-1]

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