A gas enclosed in a container that has a piston with a cross-sectional area of 0.15 m2 has a vacuum pressure of 40 kPa and a temperature of 200 °C when the piston moves 20 cm compressing the gas. Determine the work done if the atmospheric pressure of the place is 100 kPa. a) 1.8 kJ b) 1.2 kJ c) 9.0 kJ d) 3.0 kJ

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A gas enclosed in a container that has a piston with a cross-sectional area of 0.15 m2 has a vacuum pressure of 40 kPa and a temperature of 200 °C when the piston moves 20 cm compressing the gas. Determine the work done if the atmospheric pressure of the place is 100 kPa.

a) 1.8 kJ
b) 1.2 kJ
c) 9.0 kJ
d) 3.0 kJ

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