For spontaneous changes in an isolated system (S = entropy) (A) ds = 0 (B) ds <0 (C) ds > 0 (D) ds = Constant

For spontaneous changes in an isolated system (S = entropy) (A) ds = 0
(B) ds <0
(C) ds > 0
(D) ds = Constant
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(C) ds > 0
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