Question: A reversible heat engine consumes five times more heat Q H from its hot reservoir than it expels to its cold reservoir, Q C .

A reversible heat engine consumes five times more heat QH from its hot reservoir than it expels to its cold reservoir, QC. What is the ratio TH/TC?

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