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Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
23. The Second Law of Thermodynamics / Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics / Problem 2

An ice cream cake at -18 °C left out in the kitchen melts within 30 minutes. The temperature in the kitchen is 30 °C. The kitchen-ice cream system is considered isolated, and the kitchen temperature is assumed constant. Without using calculations, state if this is a reversible or an irreversible process and identify the sign of the entropy variation.

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