Two carnot engines operate in series between a heat source at a temperature T 1 = 900 K and heat sink at temperature T 3 = 400 K . There is another reservoir at temperature T 2 , as shown, with T 1 > T 2 > T 3 . The two engines are equally efficient if T 2 =

 

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η 1 = 1 - T 2 T 1 , η 2 = 1 - T 3 T 2

as η 1 = η 2 T 2 T 1 = T 3 T 2 T 2 = T 1 T 3 1 2 = 400 * 900 = 600 K

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