12.105 Thermodynamic Laws and Heat Engines
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Use the accompanying entropy-production diagram. The same amount of heat is transferred from a hot reservoir to a cold reservoir in two cases: Case 1 has reservoirs at 310 K and 300 K, and Case 2 has reservoirs at 600 K and 300 K. Which case produces less entropy?

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