Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 18 - The Laws of Thermodynamics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 649: 100

Answer

(a) greater than $0.47$ (b) $0.488$ (c) $512J$

Work Step by Step

(a) We know that $e=1-\frac{T_c}{T_h}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $e=1-\frac{295K}{576K}$ $e=0.488$ The new efficiency is greater than $0.47$. (b) We can find the new efficiency as $e=1-\frac{T_c}{T_h}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $e=1-\frac{295K}{576K}$ $e=0.488$ (c) We can find the required work done as follows: $W=eQ_h$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $W=(0.488)(1050J)$ $W=512J$
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