The heat engine operates between temperatures of 320 K and 610 K. In one cycle, the machine takes 6.4 kJ of heat from the warmer surroundings and emits 2.2 kJ of work. By how much did the entropy increase by this? (The solution is 2.63 J/k)

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The heat engine operates between temperatures of 320 K and 610 K. In one cycle, the machine takes 6.4 kJ of heat from the warmer surroundings and emits 2.2 kJ of work. By how much did the entropy increase by this? (The solution is 2.63 J/k)

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