A piece of hot copper at is plunged into a pond at . The copper cools down to , while the…

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A piece of hot copper at is plunged into a pond at . The copper cools down to , while the pond, being huge, stays at its initial temperature then

1. Copper loses some entropy, the pond stays at the same entropy
2. Copper loses some entropy, and the pond gains exactly the same amount of entropy
3. Copper loses entropy and the pond gains more than this amount of entropy
4. Both copper and the pond gain in entropy

Answer

(C) Copper loses entropy and the pond gains more than this amount of entropy

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