An Ideal Carnot Engine Has an Efficiency of 83

question 40

Multiple Choice

An ideal Carnot engine has an efficiency of 83.0% and performs 4500 J of work every cycle.How much energy is discharged to the lower temperature reservoir every cycle?

• A)920 J
• B)830 J
• C)740 J
• D)3700 J
• E)5400 J

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

An indicator calculating the spread of data around the mean, achieved by the square root of the variance.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of these numbers by the count of the numbers in the set.

Unimodal

Describing a distribution with a single prominent peak or mode, indicating the most commonly occurring value.

Median

The middle value in a sorted list of numbers, which separates the higher half from the lower half of the dataset.