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4.5 Exercise 1

Avg difficulty 2.5

A Carnot engine operates between reservoirs at 400°C400 °\text{C} and 30°C30 °\text{C}. (a) What is the efficiency of the engine? (b) If the engine does 5.0 J of work per cycle, how much heat per cycle does it absorb from the high-temperature reservoir? (c) How much heat per cycle does it exhaust to the cold-temperature reservoir? (d) What temperatures at the cold reservoir would give the minimum and maximum efficiency?

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