Which of the following would decrease the resistance to the flow of an electric current through a body?

a. shortening the conductor
b. lengthening the conductor
c. using a conductor with a smaller cross section
d. heating the conductor

Air is contained in a variable-load piston-cylinder device equipped with a paddle wheel. initially, air is at 400 kpa and 17°c. the paddle wheel is now turned by an external electric motor until 75 kj/kg of work has been transferred to air. during this process, heat is transferred to maintain a constant air temperature while allowing the gas volume to triple. calculate the required amount of heat transfer in kj/kg.