Two constant-volume tanks, each filled with 30 kg of air, have temperatures of 900 K and 300 K. A heat engine placed between the two tanks extracts heat from the high-temperature tank, produces work, and rejects heat to the low-temperature tank. Determine the maximum work that can be produced by the heat engine and the final temperatures of the tanks. Assume constant specific heats at room temperature.

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Two constant-volume tanks, each filled with 30 kg of air, have temperatures of 900 K and 300 K. A heat engine placed between the two tanks extracts heat from the high-temperature tank, produces work, and rejects heat to the low-temperature tank. Determine the maximum work that can be produced by the heat engine and the final temperatures of the tanks. Assume constant specific heats at room temperature.

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