Question: Suppose you have two identical objects A and B in thermal contact with one another. Model each as having 2 5 bins for thermal energy.

Suppose you have two identical objects A and B in thermal contact with one another. Model each as having 25bins for thermal energy. At the start, A has 7packets of thermal energy and B has three packets. a) Initially, how many microstates are there for A? For B? b) If two packets of thermal energy move from A to B, find: SA,SB, and Stotal for the process. In each case, express your answer as a multiple of the Boltzmann constant kB. c) Discuss how your result for b) is consistent with this process (thermal energy moving from the hotter to the colder object) being spontaneous.

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