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Assume that the turbines at a coal—powered power plant were upgraded, resulting in an improvement in eficiency of 3.32%. Assume that prior to the upgrade the power station had an eficiency of 36% and that the heat transfer into the engine in one day is still the same at 2.50 × 10 14 J . (a) How much more electrical energy is produced due to the upgrade? (b) How much less heat transfer occurs to the environment due to the upgrade?

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