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Ok, so your talking that ##\Delta S_{surr}## is a function of state, so the The problem itself doesn't work. Right?

I think he said that since ##\Delta S_{surr} = \frac {q_{surr}} {T_{surr}}## so ##\Delta S_{surr}## isn't a state function and that makes ##\Delta S_{tot}## a path function. I'm not convinced by this explanation.

I'm studying a book named "Chemistry" written by Zumdahl. It said that ##\Delta S_{univ} = \Delta S + \Delta S_{surr} ## and "In any spontaneous process there is always an increase in the entropy of the universe. This is the second law of thermodynamics." I saw some books telling ##\Delta...

I understand that S (Ssys) is a state function but I can't understand why Ssurr and Suniv (or Stot) are a path function.