A certain heat engine does 9.0 kJ of work and 7.50 kJ heat transfer occurs to the environment in a cyclical process. (a) What was the heat transfer (in kJ) into this engine? |kJ (b) What was the engine's efficiency (in percent)?

A certain heat engine does 9.0 kJ of work and 7.50 kJ heat transfer occurs to the environment in a cyclical process. (a) What was the heat transfer (in kJ) into this engine? |kJ (b) What was the engine's efficiency (in percent)?

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A certain heat engine does 9.0 kJ of work and 7.50 kJ heat transfer occurs to the environment in a cyclical process.
(a) What was the heat transfer (in kJ) into this engine?
kJ
(b) What was the engine's efficiency (in percent)?

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