A gas is confined in a 1,254(ft)-diameter cylinder by a piston, on which rests a weight. The mass of the piston and weight together is 250(Ibm). The local acceleration of gravity is 32.169(ft)(s)-2 and atmospheric pressure is 330.12 (in Hg).
(a) What is the force in (Ibf) exerted on the gas by the atmosphere, the piston, and the weight, assuming no friction between the piston and cylinder?
(b) What is the pressure of the gas in (psia)?
(c) If the gas in the cylinder is healed, it expands, pushing (he piston and weight upward. If the piston and weight are raised 1.7(ft). what is the work done by the gas in (ft Ibf)? What is the change in potential energy of the piston and weight?