Question: The single-stage expansion process of an ideal Brayton cycle without regeneration is replaced by a multistage expansion process with reheating between the same pressure limits.

The single-stage expansion process of an ideal Brayton cycle without regeneration is replaced by a multistage expansion process with reheating between the same pressure limits. As a result of this modification,
(a) Does the turbine work increase, decrease, or remain the same?
(b) Does the back work ratio increase, decrease, or remain the same?
(c) Does the thermal efficiency increase, decrease, or remain the same?

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