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A heat engine operating between temperatures of 500 K and 300 K is used to supply a constant 392 watts of power.

If the engine were to operate at the maximum possible efficiency, determine the following.

i. The rate at which the hot reservoir supplies heat to the engine, and

ii. The rate at which heat is exhausted to the cold reservoir.

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This solution contains step-by-step calculations to determine the rate for hot reservoir supplies and rate of heat exhausted.

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In case of a heat engine maximum efficiency is achieved when it operates in Carnot Cycle. Efficiency of a Carnot engine is given by :

Carnot engine efficiency = (Q1 - Q2)/Q1 = (T1 - T2)/T1 ...

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