A real (non-Carnot) heat engine, operating between heat reservoirs at temperatures of and performs 4.3 kJ of net work and rejects of heat in a single cycle. The thermal efficiency of this heat engine is closest to

A) 0.35.
B) 0.31.
C) 0.28.
D) 0.38.
E) 0.42.


Answer: A

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