Answer to Question #5549 in Molecular Physics | Thermodynamics for cncrowell

Question #5549
750 J is conducted from a reservoir at 400 K
to one at 270 K.
What is the change in entropy of the uni-
versity?
Answer in units of J/K
1
Expert's answer
2011-12-13T08:45:11-0500
The entropy change of the cold hot object is
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The hot object loses energy, and its entropy change is
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We consider the two objects to be isolated from the rest of the Universe. Thus, the entropy change of the Universe is just that of our two-object system, which is
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