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Chapter 18 Problem 69

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Figure 18-51 displays a closed cycle for a gas. The change in internal energy along path ca is $160 J. The energy transferred to the gas as heat is 200 J along path ab, and 40 J along path bc. How much work is done by the gas along (a) path abc and (b) path ab?

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Title Fundamentals of Physics 10 
Author David Halliday; Robert Resnick; Jearl Walker
ISBN 9781118230725

Figure 18-51 displays a closed cycle for a gas. The change

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