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describes the two statements. Statement-1 : An inventor claims to have constructed an engine that has an efficiency of 30 % when operated between the boiling and freezing points of water. This is not possible. Statement-2 : The efficiency of a real engine is always less than the efficiency of a carnot engine operating between the same two temperatures.[AIEEE On line-2012]

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Answer: Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true, Statement 2 is the correct explanation of Statement 1

According to Carnot's theorem - no heat engine working between two given temperatures of source and sink can be more efficient than a perfectly reversible engine i.e. Carnot engine working between the same two temperatures.

Efficiency of Carnot's engine, n=1−T2/T1
where, T1 = temperature of source
T2 = temperature of sink



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