An electric coil marked 120V is used to melt 0.5 kg of ice. If it takes 5 minutes to melt all the ice, what is the specific latent heat of fusion of ice? Assume the coil is fully submerged in the ice

This problem requires calculating the specific latent heat of fusion. However, the power of the electric coil is not provided directly. The coil is "marked 120V", which is its operating voltage, but its resistance or the current it draws is not given. Without this information, the heat supplied by the coil cannot be determined, and thus the specific latent heat of fusion cannot be calculated.

To solve this problem, we would need the power ($P$) of the electric coil. If the power were known, the steps would be:

Step 1: Calculate the total heat energy supplied by the electric coil.
The heat supplied by the coil is given by $Q_{total} = P \times t$, where $P$ is the