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Increases in entropy lead to _______.

a.
limitless work output
b.
irreversible changes
c.
energy increases
d.
all of the above

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b. irreversible changes
User Dmatson
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Answer:

b. irreversible changes

Step-by-step explanation:

Entropy is by definition a measure of the level of disorder of a system, when entropy increases a certain amount of energy becomes permanently unavailable to do useful work this leads to irreversible processes. For reversible processes entropy is constant.

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