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Q.

1 kg of a gas does 20 kJ of work and receives 16 kJ of heat when it is expanded between two states. A second kind of expansion can be found between the initial and final state which requires a heat input of 9 kJ. The work done by the gas in the second expansion is :

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a

13 kJ

b

32 kJ 

c

-4 kJ 

d

5 kJ 

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

For first kind of expansion-
ΔW=20KJΔQ=16KJΔU=ΔQΔW=4KJ

Since, U is a state function. Therefore, value of DU in both expansions remain   same.
Thus, for second expansion
ΔU=4KJ,ΔQ=9KJ

 By first law of the thermodynamics
ΔW=ΔQΔU=13KJ

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