Entropy: a Brass Rod, 75

Entropy: A brass rod, 75.0 cm long and having a cross-sectional area of 2.50 cm², conducts heat from a large furnace at 375°C into a very large cold water bath at 10.0°C without losing any heat at the lateral surface of the rod. Steady state has been established, and the thermal conductivity of brass is 109 W/m∙K. The rate at which the entropy of the system (furnace plus water) is changing is closest to

A) 2.05 × 10^-2 W/K.
B) 2.64 × 10^-2 W/K.
C) 3.54 × 10^-2 W/K.
D) 4.69 × 10^-2 W/K.
E) 6.74 × 10^-2 W/K.

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