$Assertion :$ The Carnot cycle is useful in understanding the performance of heat engines.
$Reason :$ The Carnot cycle provides a way of determining the maximum possible efficiency achievable with reservoirs of given temperatures.
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Carnot cycle represents process of an ideal heat engine which has maximum efficiency of conversion of heat energy into mechanical energy. So, A is right. The efficiency of a Carnot cycle depends only on the temperature of heat reservoirs is source and sink. So, reason is right and reason explains assertion.
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