“Heat cannot by itself flow from a body at lower temperature to a body at higher temperature” is a statement or consequence of

  • A
    Second law of thermodynamics
  • B
    Conservation of momentum
  • C
    Conservation of mass
  • D
    First law of thermodynamics

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