A 200 g aluminum container has 500 g of water with an initial temperature of 22. The following heated pieces of metal are dropped into water at the same time as follows: 300 g piece of aluminum heated at 100; a 50 g piece of copper heated at 80 and a 40 g piece of steel heated at 120. Determine the total change in entropy of the system.

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A 200 g aluminum container has 500 g of water with an initial temperature of 22. The
following heated pieces of metal are dropped into water at the same time as follows: 300
g piece of aluminum heated at 100; a 50 g piece of copper heated at 80 and a 40 g piece
of steel heated at 120. Determine the total change in entropy of the system.

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