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A car engine has a power of 20 kW. The car makes a roundtrip of 1 hour. If the thermal efficiency of the engine is 40% and the ambient temperature is 300 K. The energy generated by fuel combustion is

  1. A 180000 kJ
  2. B 240000 kJ
  3. C 360000 kJ
  4. D 270000 kJ
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(A) 180000 kJ

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Energy produced by car engine in 1 hour =20×1000×3600⇒7.2×107 J Considering efficiency of 40%, Q=Eη=7.2×1070.4=180000 kJ
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