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AP EAMCET · PHYSICS · Thermodynamics

A Carnot heat engine has an efficiency of \(10 \%\). If the same engine is worked backward to obtain a refrigerator, then the coefficient of performance of the refrigerator is

  1. A 8
  2. B 9
  3. C 5
  4. D 6
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(B) 9

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For heat engine, \(\eta_E=10 \%\) If same engine works as a refrigerator, then \((\mathrm{COP})_R=\frac{1-\eta}{\eta}=\frac{1-0.1}{0.1}=9\)