Short Answer
A real (non-Carnot) heat engine, operating between heat reservoirs at temperatures of 450 K and 270 K, performs 3.3 kJ of net work, and rejects 8.2 kJ of heat in a single cycle.
(a) What is the thermal efficiency of this heat engine?
(b) What is the maximum efficiency it could possibly have?
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