In most energy conversions, such as burning coal to produce heat,

A) entropy increases because of heat released in the conversion.
B) entropy decreases because of heat released in the conversion.
C) entropy is unchanged because heat is used to ignite the coal.
D) entropy decreases because heat is used to ignite the coal.


A

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