n one cycle a heat engine absorbs 460 J from a high-temperature reservoir and expels 310 J to a low-temperature reservoir. If the efficiency of this engine is 55% of the efficiency of a Carnot engine, what is the ratio of the low temperature to the high temperature in the Carnot engine? Tlow/ Thigh= ?

n one cycle a heat engine absorbs 460 J from a high-temperature reservoir and expels 310 J to a low-temperature reservoir. If the efficiency of this engine is 55% of the efficiency of a Carnot engine, what is the ratio of the low temperature to the high temperature in the Carnot engine? Tlow/ Thigh= ?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Chapter18: Heat Engines, Entropy, And The Second Law Of Thermodynamics

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