Question: (a) Which process is more wasteful: (1) a block moving with 500 J of kinetic energy being slowed to rest by friction when the temperature

(a) Which process is more wasteful: (1) a block moving with 500 J of kinetic energy being slowed to rest by friction when the temperature of the atmosphere is 300 K or (2) 1 kJ of heat being conducted from a reservoir at 400 K to one at 300 K?

(b) What is the change in entropy of the universe for each process?

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