3.Two Carnot heat engines run in series with the efficiency of first engine is 1/k times the second. If the thermal reservoir at low and high temperatures were denoted by TL and TH, find the simplified ratio of heat absorbed to heat rejected by the second heat engine in terms of TL, TH and k only.

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3.Two Carnot heat engines run in series with the efficiency of first engine is 1/k times the second. If the thermal
reservoir at low and high temperatures were denoted by TL and TH, find the simplified ratio of heat absorbed to
heat rejected by the second heat engine in terms of TL, TH and k only.
Transcribed Image Text:3.Two Carnot heat engines run in series with the efficiency of first engine is 1/k times the second. If the thermal reservoir at low and high temperatures were denoted by TL and TH, find the simplified ratio of heat absorbed to heat rejected by the second heat engine in terms of TL, TH and k only.
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