Calculating Efficiency of an Ottos Cycle: I Need Help!

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I have made an Ottos Cycle graph and found the area Wnet and W12. I now have to find the efficiency η = Wnet/W12 I have found that to be 0,20 but I have no idea what this tells me about the work or anything.

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If [itex]\eta[/itex]=.2 then the system is 20% efficient, that is, if you put some energy into the system, only 20% of that energy is converted into work, and the other 80 percent is lost as heat.