Question

An ideal gas is made to go from a state A to stale B in the given two different ways (see figure) (i) an isobaric and then an isochoric process and (ii) an isochoric and then an isobaric process. The work done by gas in the two processes are W₁ and W₂ respectively. Then,

Options

• W₁ = W₂

• W₁ > W₂

• W₁ < W₂

• W₁ = W₂/2

Answer 1

W₁ > W₂

Explanation:

As work done is area under PV curve, W₁ > W₂.