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Cheers Fred, explained it all very well and I understand a lot better now. Really appreciate the help! Thanks!

Homework Statement A block of radioactive material is ti be used as a power source for a deep space probe which may be treated ideally as a single Carnot engine. Radioactive decay generates heat in the block at a rate Pin = dQin/dt and heat is extracted from the block to operate the probe at a...