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A heat engine uses thermal energy that flows from a heat source with a temperature of 325 K to a cold sink, which has a temperature of 135 K. What is the efficiency of the heat engine? The answer should have three significant figures.

Respuesta :

The efficiency of an engine is given by:
[tex]\eta = 1 - \frac{T_c}{T_h} [/tex]
where
[tex]T_c[/tex] is the temperature of the cold sink
[tex]T_h[/tex] is the temperature of the heat source

In our problem, [tex]T_c=135 K[/tex] and [tex]T_h=325 K[/tex], so if we substitute these numbers into the equation, we find the efficiency of the engine:
[tex]\eta=1- \frac{135 K}{325 K}=0.585 [/tex]

its 58.5 i just did the assignment