A real (non-Carnot) heat engine, operating between heat reservoirs at temperatures of 524 and 287 performs 2.4 kJ of net work and rejects 3.6 kJ of heat in a single cycle. What is the thermal efficiency of this heat engine in decimal form (with two decimal places)?

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A real (non-Carnot) heat engine, operating between heat reservoirs at temperatures of 524 and 287 performs 2.4 kJ of net work and rejects
3.6 kJ of heat in a single cycle. What is the thermal efficiency of this heat engine in decimal form ( with two decimal places)?
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