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1 kg of gas does 20 kJ of work and receives 16 kJ of heat when it is expanded between two states. A second kind of expansion can be found between the initial and final state which requires a heat input of 9 kJ. The work done by the gas in the second expansion is:

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32 kJ
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5 kJ
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4kJ
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13 kJ
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Solution

The correct option is D 13 kJ
The change in the internal energy will remain the same, since the initial and final states are the same for both the processes.
Thus, U = Q - W
16 - 20 = 9 - W
W=13 kJ

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