An engineer claims to have measured the characteristics of a heat engine that takes in 100 J
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An engineer claims to have measured the characteristics of a heat engine that takes in 100 J of thermal energy and produces 50 J of useful work. Is this engine possible? If so, what is the smallest possible ratio of the temperatures (in kelvin) of the hot and cold reservoirs?
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