An inventor approaches you with a device that he claims will take 100 J of thermal energy

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An inventor approaches you with a device that he claims will take 100 J of thermal energy input and produce 200 J of electricity. You decide not to invest your money because this device would violate. 

A. The first law of thermodynamics. 

B. The second law of thermodynamics. 

C. Both the first and second laws of thermodynamics.

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

ISBN: 9780321595492

2nd Edition

Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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