Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
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Chapter 11, Problem 6E
A Carnot engine takes in heat at a temperature of 780 K and releases heat to a reservoir at a temperature of 360 K. What is its efficiency?
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