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The efficiency of a heat engine if the temperature of source `227^(@)C` and that of sink is `27^(@)C` nearly?

A

0.4

B

0.5

C

0.6

D

0.7

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For free expansion , `dU=0rArrdT=0rArrT` is constant
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