A Carnot engine has an efficiency of 40% with its sink at 300 K. Keeping the sink temperature fixed, by how much must the source temperature be raised so that the efficiency becomes 50%?

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A Carnot engine has an efficiency of 40% with its sink at 300 K. Keeping the sink temperature fixed, by how much must the source temperature be raised so that the efficiency becomes 50%?

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Practising is step one. Knowing what to practise next is the hard part.

Practising is step one. Knowing what to practise next is the hard part