A Carnot engine operates between reservoirs at 550K and 300K, discarding 1500 J of heat in each cycle

(a) What is the engine's efficiency?
(b) How much heat is supplied to the engine by the hot reservoir in each cycle?

What will be an ideal response?


(a) 45.5% (b) 2750 J

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