Entropy change of lake when aluminum bar reaches thermal equilibrium

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[SOLVED] please explain this entropy change formula for me??

An aluminum bar of mass 2.00 kg at 300 Celsius is thrown into a lake. The temperature of the water in the lake is 15.0Celsius; the specific heat capacity of aluminum is 900 J/(kg*K).
The bar eventually reaches thermal equilibrium with the lake. What is the entropy change DeltaS_lake of the lake? Assume that the lake is so large that its temperature remains virtually constant.
 
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