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This Week's Puzzle (the last one!)

This assignment is due before 9 AM, Friday, Dec. 7th, 2007.



  • Puzzle solutions are due by 9:00 AM on Friday of each week.
  • Puzzles are worth 5 points of extra credit each.
  • Answers must be accompanied by valid reasoning. Just like the tests, the answer alone isn't enough!
  • Please enter your solution in the text area at the bottom of this page. DON'T FORGET TO GIVE YOUR NAME!
"Process Problems"

The figure above shows five different processes (labeled a-e) that each lead from an initial state (P = 3 atm., V = 1 m3) to a final state (P = 1 atm., V = 3 m3).

Please answer each of the following questions.

For which process is W the largest? The smallest?
For which process is Q the largest? The smallest?

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