If a refrigerator is a heat pump that follows the first law of thermodynamics, how much heat was removed from food inside of the refrigerator if it released 258j of energy to the room?

In the first law of thermodynamics, it states when heat is converted into energy, where as the total energy in the room could transform into another but can never be created or destroyed. If you release 258J of energy in the room, 258J would also be removed from the food according to the isolating system.

Your answer would be 258J.

the enthalpy of formation of water is given as -285.8kj/mol, which states that the enthalpy of formation is negative.

negative enthalpy of formation indicates that the heat is released during the reaction process. the heat is released from reaction to the surroundings the enthalpy is expressed with a negative sign with the energy given out in the reaction process.

the formation of water takes place by giving out heat which is -285.8 kj/mol.