Consider 2.00 moles of an ideal gas that is taken from state A (PA = 2.00 atm, VA = 10.0 L) to state B (PB = 1.00 atm, VB = 30.0 L) by two different pathways.

These pathways are summarized in the following graph of P versus V:
Calculate the work (in units of J) associated with the two pathways. Is work a state function? Explain.

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Vc 30.01 Pc = 2.00 atm 2State B State A VA 10.0L PA 2.00 atm) 3 -30.0L # 1.00 atm 4 V 10.0 Po 1.00 atn