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A Carnot reversible engine converts 1/6 of heat input into work. When the temperature of the sink is reduced by , the efficiency of Carnot's cycle becomes 1/3. What is the sum of the temperature (in kelvin) of the source and the sink?
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The efficiency of heat engine is given by
where is temperature of source and is temperature of sink.
Given,
...(i)
and ...(ii)
Solving Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
and
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