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A book on a desk never hops up by cooling the desk. Which law forbids this?
AZeroth law
BFirst law
CGauss's law
DSecond law
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Second law
Energy conservation alone would allow it, but the Second Law forbids converting internal energy of the table fully into mechanical energy.
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