Question

a.) What is the change in entropy if you start with 50 coins in the heads macrostate, toss them, and get 24 heads and 26 tails?

b) What if you get 40 heads and 10 tails?

c) How much more likely is 24 heads and 26 tails than 40 heads and 10 tails?

d) Does either outcome violate the second law of thermodynamics?

e) In a few sentences, what does all of this coin tossing have to do with real physical systems?

Answer 1