In an adiabatic process, oxygen gas in a container is compressed along a path that can be described by the following pressure in atm as a function of volume V, with V0 = 1L : p = (3.0 atm)(V/V0 )−1.2 . The initial and finalvolumes during the process were 2 L and 1.5 L, respectively. Find the amount of work done on the gas.

In an adiabatic process, oxygen gas in a container is compressed along a path that can be described by the following pressure in atm as a function of volume V, with V0 = 1L : p = (3.0 atm)(V/V0 )−1.2 . The initial and finalvolumes during the process were 2 L and 1.5 L, respectively. Find the amount of work done on the gas.

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