A gas expands from I to F along the three paths indicated in the figure below. Calculate the work done on the gas along each of the following paths. Three paths are plotted on a PV diagram, which has a horizontal axis labeled V (liters), and a vertical axis labeled P (atm).

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A gas expands from I to F along the three paths indicated in the figure below. Calculate the work done on the gas along each of the following paths.

Three paths are plotted on a PV diagram, which has a horizontal axis labeled V (liters), and a vertical axis labeled P (atm).
  • The green path starts at point I (1,11), extends vertically down to point B (1,3), then extends horizontally to point F (5,3).
  • The blue path starts at point I (1,11), and extends down and to the right to end at point F (5,3).
  • The orange path starts at point I (1,11), extends horizontally to the right to point A (5,11), then extends vertically down to end at point F (5,3).
(a) IAF
 

(b) IF
 

(c) IBF
 
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