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A piece of hot copper at `100^(@)`C is plunged into a pond at `30^(@)`C. The copper cools down to `30^(@)`C, while the pond, being huge, stays at its initial temperature. Then-

A

Copper loses some entropy, the pond stays at the same entropy

B

Copper loses some entropy, and the pond gains exactly the same amount of entropy

C

Copper loses entropy and the pond gains more than this amount of entropy

D

Both copper and the pond gain in entropy

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C
Using theory of entropy it is evident that answer is (c).
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