Which of these statements is true? (a) All spontaneous reactionshave a negative enthalpy change (b) All spontaneousreactions have a positive entropy change (c) All spontaneousreactions have a positive free-energy change (d) All spontaneousreactions have a negative free-energy change (e) Allspontaneous reactions have a negative entropy change

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Which of these statements is true? (a) All spontaneous reactions
have a negative enthalpy change (b) All spontaneous
reactions have a positive entropy change (c) All spontaneous
reactions have a positive free-energy change (d) All spontaneous
reactions have a negative free-energy change (e) All
spontaneous reactions have a negative entropy change

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