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4.5 Exercise 12

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An engine operating between heat reservoirs at 20°C20 ° \text{C} and 200°C200 ° \text{C} extracts 1000 J per cycle from the hot reservoir. (a) What is the maximum possible work that engine can do per cycle? (b) For this maximum work, how much heat is exhausted to the cold reservoir per cycle?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 2, 4.5 The Carnot Cycle, exercise 12

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