Multiple Choice
An ideal heat engine is operating between high and low temperature reservoirs. Suppose that now the low temperature reservoir has its temperature lowered, but no other changes are made. This temperature change affects the engine efficiency in the following way:
A) the efficiency decreases.
B) the efficiency is unchanged.
C) the efficiency increases.
D) there is now no way to calculate the efficiency.
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