A Car of Mass 2000 Kg Is Traveling at 22 $\times$

question 29

Multiple Choice

A car of mass 2000 kg is traveling at 22.0 m/s on a day when the temperature is 20.0ºC.The driver steps on the brakes and stops the car.By how much does the entropy of the universe increase?

• A)1.6 kJ/K
• B)24 kJ/K
• C)4.8 \(\times\) 10⁵ J/K
• D)0.15 kJ/K
• E)3.3 kJ/K

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