Calculate WA, the work done by the gas as it expands along path A from V0 to VA=RvV0.

Express WA in terms of p0, V0, and Rv.

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An ideal monatomic gas is contained in a cylinder with a movable piston so that the gas can do work on the outside world, and heat can be added or removed as necessary. The figure shows various P Po 1.00- 0.75- 0.50- 0.25 0 0 1.0 2.0 Vo 3.0 A B с •D 4.0 paths that the gas might take in expanding from an initial state whose pressure, volume, and temperature are Po, Vo, and To respectively. The gas expands to a state with final volume 4Vo. For some answers it will be convenient to generalize your results by using the variable Ry = Vfinal/Vinitial, which is the ratio of final to initial volumes (equal to 4 for the expansions shown in the figure.) An ideal monatomic gas is contained in a cylinder with a movable piston so that the gas can do work on the outside world, and heat can be added or removed as necessary. The figure shows various P Po 1.00- 0.75- 0.50- 0.25 0 0 1.0 2.0 Vo 3.0 A B с •D 4.0 paths that the gas might take in expanding from an initial state whose pressure, volume, and temperature are Po, Vo, and To respectively. The gas expands to a state with final volume 4Vo. For some answers it will be convenient to generalize your results by using the variable Ry = Vfinal/Vinitial, which is the ratio of final to initial volumes (equal to 4 for the expansions shown in the figure.)

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