A Heat Engine Performs the Reversible Cycle Abca with 9

question 43

Multiple Choice

A heat engine performs the reversible cycle abca with 9.0 moles of an ideal gas, as shown in the figure. Path ca is an adiabatic process. The temperatures at points a and b are 300 K and 500 K, respectively. The volume at point c is 0.20 m³. The adiabatic constant of the gas is 1.60. The thermal efficiency of this engine is closest to

• A) 0.070.
• B) 0.10.
• C) 0.13.
• D) 0.16.
• E) 0.19.

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Definitions:

Excess Returns

The return on an investment above the return expected from risk-free investments or the market's benchmark.

Risk-free Asset

An investment that is assumed to have no risk of financial loss, often exemplified by government bonds.

Kurtosis

A statistical measure that describes the shape of a distribution's tails in relation to a normal distribution, indicating the potential for extreme outcomes.

Distribution

In finance, the way returns are spread out over time or the manner in which assets are allocated within an investment portfolio.