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In which of these systems is the entropy decreasing?

a liquid cooling
air escaping from a tire
snow melting
salt dissolving in water

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Answer:

a liquid cooling

Step-by-step explanation:

Liquid cooling results in liquid (more disorder) turning to solid (less disorder).

Entropy describe disorder in our system. Going from more disorder to less disorder decreases entropy.

Rest of the options increase entropy b/c gas escaping from tire releases gas from confined shape to vast environment, snow melting turns solid (order) into liquid (less order), and salt dissolving turns solid into liquid form.

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