An engine runs an ideal gas round an Otto-type cycle: an adiabatic compression, heating at constant volume, an adiabatic expansion, and cooling at constant volume. The lowest temperature in the cycle (at the start of the compression) is , and the highest (at the end of the heating) is . The compression ratio is chosen so that the engine does the most work per cycle. What is then the efficiency of the cycle?
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