A pearl diver fills his lungs with 5.25 LL of air at normal atmospheric pressure and then dives to 22.1 mm, where the pressure is 3.21 atmatm. If the air in his lungs stays at body temperature, how much work is done on the air as it compresses?

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A pearl diver fills his lungs with 5.25 LL of air at normal atmospheric pressure and then dives to 22.1 mm, where the pressure is 3.21 atmatm. If the air in his lungs stays at body temperature, how much work is done on the air as it compresses?

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