Carnot refrigerator and II law of Thermodynamics

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The second law of thermodynamics asserts that heat cannot spontaneously flow from a cold reservoir to a hot one. In a Carnot refrigerator, this process occurs with the input of work, allowing heat to be transferred from a cold body to a hot body. While it may seem to contradict the second law, the work input ensures that the overall energy balance is maintained. The system operates within the constraints of thermodynamic principles, demonstrating that heat flow can be manipulated with external energy. Thus, the Carnot refrigerator exemplifies how thermodynamic laws govern energy transfer processes.
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As per II law of thermodynamics you it is NOT possible that a hotter body becomes hotter and colder body becomes colder when in contact. But in a Carnot refrigerator, the heat is taken from a cold reservoir and pushed to a hotter one. It sort of opposite the II law. Help me over this paradoxical situation.
 
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