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A gas exerts a steady pressure of 385 KPa on the top of a pisto…

A gas exerts a steady pressure of 385 KPa on the top of a piston as the piston moves through a stroke of 8
cm. If the diameter of the piston is 5 cm, how much work is done by the gas?

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Answer:

Let the pressure exerted by the gas be P, the force exerted on the piston be F and the area of the piston be
A.

The distance moved by piston be d.

According to the definition of work done. The word done by the gas will be:

Putting the value of F from (1):

As we know the product of area and distance in volume. Here the product of A and d is the change in
volume that took place when the piston moved d distance due to exerted pressure by the gas.

(  = Change in volume )

Now in the question we have:

The pressure exerted by the gas = P = 385 kPa

Diameter of the piston = D = 5 cm = 0.05 m

The radius of the piston =

Area of the piston = 

The distance moved by the piston = d = 8 cm

So, the work done by the gas will be :

The work done by the gas on the piston is 60.5 Joules.

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