Methanol is burned as fuel in some race cars. This makes it clear that the reaction is spontaneous once metha nol is ignited. Yet the entropy change for the reaction 2 CH 3 OH(l)+3 O 2 (g) 2 CO 2 (g)+4 H 2 O(l) is negative . Why doesn't this violate the second law of thermodynamics?

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