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If a gas in a cylinder pushes back a piston against a constant opposing pressure of 2.97 × 105 pascals and undergoes a volume change of 0.484 m3, how much work will the gas do, expressed in joules?

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Chapter17: Energy In Thermal Processes: The First Law Of Thermodynamics

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