Multiple Choice
By operating a reversible heat engine with an ideal gas as the working substance in a Carnot cycle and measuring the ratio Qc/Qh, we can calculate
A) n, the number of moles of the ideal gas.
B) the ratio Vc/Vh of the volumes of the ideal gas.
C) the ratio Pc/Ph of the pressures of the ideal gas.
D) the ratio PcVc/PhVh of the products of volumes and pressures of the ideal gas.
E) the value of Avogadro's number.
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