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This item is an annotated homework problem involving an ideal gas contained in a cylinder with a movable piston. The author provides explicit explanations of isothermal, adiabatic, isobaric, and isochoric processes to guide users in solving for a number of unknowns. This item is part of a larger collection of introductory physics homework examples.
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