The work output of every heat engine?

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The work output of every heat engine?

a. equals its heat intake
b. equals the difference between its heat intake and heat
exhaust
c. depends only on its intake temperature
d. depends only on its exhaust temperature

2007-02-28 14:57:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

3 answers

The heat is energy. Energy cannot disappear. It can only be transformed to work (or another form of energy). Therefore whatever energy gets in and that doesn't get out it will be transformed to work. Therefore the correct answer is b.

2007-02-28 15:17:32 · answer #1 · answered by fernando_007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

b. Equals the difference between its heat intake and heat exhaust

2007-02-28 23:09:49 · answer #2 · answered by Norrie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

2007-02-28 23:00:07 · answer #3 · answered by disheeki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋