The surface of the Sun has a temperature of 5500 C and the temperature of deep space

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The surface of the Sun has a temperature of 5500 °C and the temperature of deep space is 3.0 K.
(a) Find the entropy increase produced by the Sun in one day, given that it radiates heat at the rate of 3.80 × 1026 W.
(b) How much work could have been done if this heat had been used to run an ideal heat engine?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976444

5th edition

Authors: James S. Walker

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