Calculate the work, in joules, done by a gas as it expands at constant temperature from a volume of 4.00 L and a pressure of 9.00 atm to a volume of 6.00 L. The external pressure against which the gas expands is 8.00 atm. (1 atm - 101,325 Pa)

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Calculate the work, in joules, done by a gas as it expands at constant temperature from a volume of 4.00 L and a pressure of 9.00 atm to
a volume of 6.00 L. The external pressure against which the gas expands is 8.00 atm. (1 atm - 101,325 Pa)
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