why is entropy maximum at equilibrium?

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According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics a spontaneous change results in an increase in the entropy of the universe. In an isolated system, when the system's entropy reaches the maximum, the system stays there because any further change would reduce entropy. That's obviously the equilibrium position.

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