An ideal gas confined to a container with a massless piston at the top. A massless wire is attacted to the piston. When an external pressure of 2.00 atm is applied to the wire, the gas compresses from 4.90 to 2.45L. When the external pressure is increased to 2.50 atm, the gas futher compresses from 2.45 to 1.96L In a seperate experiment with the same initial conditions of 2.50 atm was applied to the ideal gas, decreasing its volume from 4.90 to 1.96L in one step. If the final temperture was the same for both processes, what is the difference between q for the two step pocess and q for the one process in joules?

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An ideal gas confined to a container with a massless piston at the top. A massless wire is attacted to the piston. When an external pressure of 2.00 atm is applied to the wire, the gas compresses from 4.90 to 2.45L. When the external pressure is increased to 2.50 atm, the gas futher compresses from 2.45 to 1.96L

In a seperate experiment with the same initial conditions of 2.50 atm was applied to the ideal gas, decreasing its volume from 4.90 to 1.96L in one step.

If the final temperture was the same for both processes, what is the difference between q for the two step pocess and q for the one process in joules?  

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