A system consists of a gas in an enclosed cylinder attached to a movable piston. The system is initially at 63 L and then is compressed to 31 liters. Determine the sign of work. Will it be a negative or positive

The sign of work will be negative.

Explanation:

The work of the system is given by:

Where:

: is the final volume = 31 L

: is the initial volume = 63 L

p: is the pressure

Even though we do not have the pressure value, by knowing the values of the initial and final volume we can predict the sign of work.            

Therefore, the sign of work will be negative.

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a=d/t

a="triangle"v/t

explanation:

a = acceleration