Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 20 - Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics - Problems - Page 608: 71f

Answer

$ f_{B/A} = 0.14 $

Work Step by Step

To calculate the time the system spends in configuration B to the time it spends in configuration A, we use the following equation. $ f_{B/A} = \frac{W_B}{W_A}$ Taking $W_A $ and $W_B$ from (d) and (e) $ f_{B/A} = \frac{1.375 \times 10^{28}}{1.01 \times 10^{29}}$ $ f_{B/A} = 0.14 $
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