Does entropy increase or decrease in the following processes?

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Does entropy increase or decrease in the following processes?

Polymeric complex carbohydrates are metabolized by the body, converted into smaller simple sugars.

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Welcome back, everyone. We have a true or false example. We're told that entropy decreases when protein complexes are metabolized by the body into amino acids. Recall that entropy describes the chaos or disorder of a system. So a decrease in order will correspond to a positive delta S or positive entropy change. Because recall that entropy is represented by the symbol S and this means that entropy increases with less order. So if we go from a protein which is metabolized by the body to form amino acids, we go from a more ordered state as a protein to a more disordered state with multiple substances being our amino acids which are broken down. So we have more substances produced and therefore we have a positive entropy change, meaning that entropy is going to increase when we have proteins metabolize into amino acids. And so the given statement is going to be a false statement because entropy actually should increase according to the process described our final answer will correspond the choice be in the multiple choice as false. I hope this made sense. And let us know if you have any questions

Does entropy increase or decrease in the following processes? Polymeric complex carbohydrates are metabolized by the body, converted into smaller simple sugars.

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