An engine operating between the boiling and freezing points of water will have:
$1.$ Efficiency more than $27 \%$
$2.$ Efficiency less than the efficiency of a Carnot engine operating between the same two temperatures.
$3.$ Efficiency equal to $27 \%$
$4.$ Efficiency less than $27 \%$

  • A
    $2$ and $4$ only
  • B
    $2$ and $3$ only
  • C
    $1$ and $2$ only
  • D
    $3$ and $4$ only

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