How much heat is needed to increase the internal energy of a gas in a piston by 3426 J if the gas does 537 J of work on the environment by expanding if the process?

Respuesta :

Given:

the internal energy of the gas is

[tex]\Delta U=3426[/tex]

The work done on the gas is

[tex]W=537\text{ J}[/tex]

Required: heat needed to increase the internal energy

Explanation:

from the first law of the thermodynamics

we can write,

[tex]\Delta Q=\Delta U+W[/tex]

Plugging all the values in the above relation, we get

[tex]\begin{gathered} \Delta Q=3426\text{ J+537 J} \\ \Delta Q=3963\text{ J} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Thus, the heat needed

[tex]3963\text{ J}[/tex]