Difference between a state and a microstate of a system

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(a)What is the difference between a state and a microstate of a system?

(b) As a system goes from state A to state B, its entropy decreases What can you say about the number of microstates corresponding to each state?

(c) In a particular spontaneous process, the number of microstates available to the system decreases. What can you conclude about the sign of ?Ssurr?

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