Two identical bricks are initially at the same high temperature

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Thermodynamics · Thermodynamics

Problem

Two identical bricks are initially at the same high temperature. Brick A is shattered into many pieces and allowed to re-equilibrate, increasing its entropy by ΔS\Delta S. Brick B remains intact. Later, each brick serves as the hot reservoir for a heat engine that exhausts to a 300 K300\,\text{K} environment. Which brick can supply the greater maximum theoretical work to an engine, and why?

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