What is the maximum efficiency of the power plant

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Each second, the fuel burning in an electric power plant produces 1000 MJ of heat energy at a temperature of 527ºC and releases waste heat into a cooling pond at 27ºC.
a) What is the maximum (Carnot) efficiency of the power plant?
b) If the plant operates at half the maximum efficiency, what isthe power output of the plant?
c) How much heat is rejected each second to the cooling pond each second?

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