Consider three engines that each use 1650 J of heat from a

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Consider three engines that each use 1650 J of heat from a hot reservoir (temperature 5 550 K). These three engines reject heat to a cold reservoir (temperature 5 330 K). Engine I rejects 1120 J of heat. Engine II rejects 990 J of heat. Engine III rejects 660 J of heat. One of the engines operates reversibly, and two operate irreversibly. However, of the two irreversible engines, one violates the second law of thermodynamics and could not exist. For each of the engines determine the total entropy * * * * ** change of the universe, which is the sum of the entropy changes of the hot and cold reservoirs. On the basis of your calculations, identify which engine operates reversibly, which operates irreversibly and could exist, and which operates irreversibly and could not exist.