<span>The correct option is C. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. This statement is known as law of conservation of energy, and it implies that whenever a certain form of energy does change, the loss of this form of energy must have converted into an another type of energy. A typical example is an object falling to the ground: initially, the object has gravitational potential energy. As the object falls down, it loses potential energy (since its altitude from the grounf decreases), but it acquires kinetic energy (because its velocity increases). In this example, potential energy has converted into kinetic energy, but the total energy of the object has remained constant.</span>
The steel traps the heat more making it hotter,you put this twice by the way.
(a) Zero
The maximum efficiency (Carnot efficiency) of a heat engine is given by
where
is the low-temperature reservoir
is the high-temperature reservoir
For the heat engine in the problem, we have:
Therefore, the maximum efficiency is
(b) Zero
The efficiency of a heat engine can also be rewritten as
where
W is the work performed by the engine
is the heat absorbed from the high-temperature reservoir
In this problem, we know
Therefore, since the term cannot be equal to infinity, the numerator of the fraction must be zero as well, which means
W = 0
So the engine cannot perform any work.
