Question: A heat engine operates between a 4 0 0 K reservoir and a 2 0 0 K reservoir. It has an efficiency of 0 .

A heat engine operates between a 400K reservoir and a 200K
reservoir. It has an efficiency of 0.20.
a) Determine the useful work it does if it extracts 1000J from the
hot reservoir.
b) Determine the heat expelled to the 200K reservoir if it extracts
1000J from the hot reservoir and does the work you calculated
in part a).
c) Someone claims they can make a heat engine operating between
these two temperatures that can do 600J of work after extracting
1000J of heat from the hot reservoir. Is this possible? Why or why not?

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