Assume that the turbines at a coal-powered power plant were upgraded, resulting in an improvement in efficiency of 3.32%. Assume that prior to the upgrade the power station had an efficiency of 36% and that the heat transfer into the engine in one day is still the same at 2.50×1014 J . (a) How much more electrical energy is produced due to the upgrade?(b) How much less heat transfer occurs to the environmentdue to the upgrade?

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