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One mole of a monatomic ideal gas undergoes a cycle represented on a - diagram by a rectangle: , all processes being quasi-static and the two legs at fixed or being isobaric or isochoric. The efficiency of this cycle is . A Carnot engine works between the highest and the lowest temperatures reached in this cycle. What is the ratio ?
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Answer: (A)
Work per cycle . Heat is absorbed only on the isochoric rise and the isobaric expansion (on the other two legs temperature falls, so heat is rejected). For of a monatomic gas, , . Using : and . , so . The extreme temperatures are (at ) and (at ), giving . Ratio . The option is itself (forgetting to divide by ); and come from mis-computing the heat input or the Carnot efficiency.
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