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Could someone guide me as to what this questions answer may be? thanks =)

" Your parent demands that you clean your room. You know that reducing the disorder of your room will reduce its entropy, but the entropy of the universe cannot be decreased. Using one or more sentances, evaluate how you increase entropy as you clean."

Even hints are appreciated...anything that you can give, Thankies ^^.

2007-02-26 12:33:52 · 3 answers · asked by Joann 1 in Science & Mathematics Physics

3 answers

"The Butterfly Effect" posits that the chain of events set off by a butterfly's wings flapping can eventually lead to the formation of storms on the other side of the world.

Newton's Third Law of Motion states that "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that entropy increases.

Therefore, reducing the entropy within my room MUST increase entropy at some place unknown to us. As entropy increases, this leads to The Butterfly Effect. The culmination of this chain of events is that by cleaning my room, I may be condemning entire third world villages to natural disaster. Cleaning my room is therefore an immoral act, and I refuse to do it.

2007-02-26 12:43:11 · answer #1 · answered by Guncrazy 4 · 1 0

Cleaning your room requires that you use mechanical energy to move things around. In providing this energy your body increases the entropy in you room.

2007-02-27 03:13:08 · answer #2 · answered by meg 7 · 0 0

lamo@crazygun...but good question all the same ure just cleaning the room,not the universe for crying out loud!!!!!

2007-02-27 06:38:02 · answer #3 · answered by poornima l 1 · 0 0

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