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Work done by gas
Question

Gas in a cylinder moves a piston with area 0.20m2as heat is slowly added to the system. If 2000 J of work is done on the environment by the gas and the pressure of the gas in the cylinder remains constant at1x105Pa, the displacement of the piston must be

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Solution

work done is pV= p A x =2000J x = 2000105 x 0.2=0.1 m =10 cm

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