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Q: A gas is confined in a cylinder sealed by a piston 20 cm in diameter whose mass is 30 kg. The pressure in the room

A gas is confined in a cylinder sealed by a piston 20 cm in diameter whose mass is 30 kg. The pressure in the room is 1 bar.

a) What is the pressure inside the cylinder? 

b) Heat is added to the cylinder causing the gas to expand. The piston rises and finally rests at 50 cm above its initial level. How much work was done during this process? 

c) What is the pressure inside the cylinder at the end of part (b)?  

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a The pressure inside the cylinder is equal to the pressure in the room plus the weight of the piston divided by the area of the piston Pcylinder Proo... View full answer

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