An Ideal Carnot Heat Engine Has an Efficiency of 0

question 140

Multiple Choice

An ideal Carnot heat engine has an efficiency of 0.600. If it operates between a deep lake with a constant temperature of 294.0 K and a hot reservoir, what is the temperature of the hot reservoir?

• A) 735 K
• B) 470 K
• C) 784 K
• D) 490 K

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