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AP Physics 2
9.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics
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A graph of pressure P on the vertical axis versus volume V on the horizontal axis. State A is at (2.0, 100), State B is directly above A at (2.0, 400), and State C is to the right of A at (6.0, 100). The vertical axis is labeled 'Pressure P (kPa)' with ticks at 100 and 400. The horizontal axis is labeled 'Volume V (10^-3 m^3)' with ticks at 2.0 and 6.0. Three straight directed line segments form a closed right triangle: a vertical segment with an upward arrow from A to B, a diagonal segment with a downward-right arrow from B to C, and a horizontal segment with a leftward arrow from C to A. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
Pressure versus volume for a cyclic process undergone by an ideal gas.
An ideal monatomic gas undergoes the thermodynamic cycle \(A \rightarrow B \rightarrow C \rightarrow A\) shown in the \(P\)-\(V\) diagram. Process \(A \rightarrow B\) is isochoric heating, process \(B \rightarrow C\) is a linear expansion, and process \(C \rightarrow A\) is an isobaric compression. The state parameters are \(P_A = 100 \text{ kPa}\), \(P_B = 400 \text{ kPa}\), \(V_A = V_B = 2.0 \times 10^{-3} \text{ m}^3\), and \(V_C = 6.0 \times 10^{-3} \text{ m}^3\). What is the thermal efficiency of this engine cycle?

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