With two dice, each numbered 1-6, there are two possible ways to roll a 3: Thus, for the outcome of 3 (a particular macrostate) there are 2 microstates. How many possible ways are there to roll a 6?

What is the entropy associated with an outcome of 6?

S=?

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Arthur Giles

11 January, 20:13

With two dice, each numbered 1-6, there are two possible ways to roll a 3: Thus, for the outcome of 3 (a particular macrostate) there are 2 microstates. How many possible ways are there to roll a 6?

What is the entropy associated with an outcome of 6?

S=?

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Ezequiel Romero · Answer 1

The combinations to get a six are 1 and 5, 2 and 4 3 and 3, 4 and 2, and 5 and 1. Thus there ar e5 different ways to roll a 6.

Entropy is associated with the outcome through the formula expressed as S = (kb) ln W substituting, S = (1.38x10-23) ln (5) S = 2.22x10^-23

With two dice, each numbered 1-6, there are two possible ways to roll a 3: Thus, for the outcome of 3 (a particular macrostate) there are 2 microstates. How many possible ways are there to roll a 6?What is the entropy associated with an outcome of 6?S=?

With two dice, each numbered 1-6, there are two possible ways to roll a 3: Thus, for the outcome of 3 (a particular macrostate) there are 2 microstates. How many possible ways are there to roll a 6?

What is the entropy associated with an outcome of 6?

S=?