A hot object is placed in contact with a cold object. Heat is observed to flow s

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A hot object is placed in contact with a cold object. Heat is observed to flow spontaneously from the hot object to the cold object, but not in the other direction. This is so because:

a) the system will tend to evolve towards microstates that have more macropartitions

b)the system will tend to evolve towards macropartitions that have more microstates

c)the system will tend to evolve towards macrostates that have more macropartitions

d) the system will tend to evolve towards macropartitions that have more macrostates

e) the system will tend to evolve towards microstates that have more macrostates

Explanation / Answer

a) and c)

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