(Solved): I don't understand how to get the second part of the question: If I use the equation delta U = W + Q ...
I don't understand how to get the second part of the question: If I use the equation delta U = W + Q and use -4 as U from the first part of the question, I get -4 = W + (-10).
Why would 4/U be posetive as the answer below suggests?
An amount of air can be expanded between two states as it does 21kJ of work and 17kJ of heating is done on it. A second kind of expansion can be found between the same initial and final states which requires heating to the air of only 10kJ. What is the increase in internal energy in the first expansion and what is the work done by the air in the second?