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Estimate the change in the entropy of the universe due to
Chapter 3, Problem 12P(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Problem 12P
Estimate the change in the entropy of the universe due to heat escaping from your home on a cold winter day.
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QUESTION:
Problem 12P
Estimate the change in the entropy of the universe due to heat escaping from your home on a cold winter day.
ANSWER:
Solution to 12P
Step 1
We need to find the change in entropy of the universe due to the heat escaping from a typical house on a cold winter day,
Let us take the computations we had performed in 2.59P of this text book. We had computed the total heat lost from a typical house. The value is calculated as 7.1x1011J