A heat engine that in each cycle does positive work and loses energy as heat, with no heat energy input, would violate:
A)the zeroth law of thermodynamics
B)the first law of thermodynamics
C)the second law of thermodynamics
D)the third law of thermodynamics
E)Newton's second law

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The first law of thermodynamics, which is the law of energy conservation, states that energy cannot be created or destroyed. A heat engine doing work without any heat input would violate this principle.

A Heat Engine That in Each Cycle Does Positive Work