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This Week's Puzzle (the last one!)

This assignment is due before 9 AM, Friday, April 25th, 2008.

  • 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!
  • Each week, the first student to submit a correct answer will receive the stylish 251 T-shirt.
  • Previous winners get a "virtual t-shirt."
  • 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:

1) For which process is W the largest? The smallest?
2) For which process is Q the largest? The smallest?

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