Answer: increase in entropy
Explanation:
Entropy is the measure of randomness or disorder of a system. If a system moves from an ordered arrangement to a disordered arrangement, the entropy is said to decrease and vice versa.
[tex]\Delta S[/tex] is positive when randomness increases and [tex]\Delta S[/tex] is negative when randomness decreases.
When the non polar solutes are placed in water, the hydrogen bonding network of water is disrupted, and there are fewer ways for water to hydrogen-bond with itself. That means the water molecules are more randomly arranged and thus have more entropy and thus [tex]\Delta S[/tex] is positive.
