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How could a heat engine achieve 100% efficiency?

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Step-by-step explanation:

An engine that has 100% efficiency is an ideal engine. For a heat engine to achieve 100% efficiency, it must be able to convert all the heat energy into mechanical energy.

Practically, this is impossible

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