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2 years ago

What happens to the entropy of a piece of wood as it is burned?

Physics

1 answer:

9966 [12]2 years ago

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Answer: Option (a) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

Entropy is defined as the degree of randomness present in a substance. This means that more randomly the atoms in a substance are moving more will be entropy of the substance.

Entropy of a substance increases with increase in temperature.

For example, when a piece of wood is burned then its molecules will gain kinetic energy and hence, they start to move randomly from one place to another.

As a result, there will occur an increase in its entropy.

Thus, we can conclude that when a piece of wood is burned then its entropy increases.

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the ship's energy is greater than this and the crew member does not meet the requirement

Explanation:

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∫ (α x³ + β) dx = ΔK

α x⁴ / 4 + β x = ΔK

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x (α x³ + β) = $K_{f}$ - K₀

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Answer: 56.72 ft/s

Explanation:

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