Any work done?
Classical Mechanics
Level
3
Consider the process on a system shown in figure.
During the process, the work done by the system
No work done
None of these
first increases then decreases
first decreases then increases
continuously increases
continuously decreases
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1 solution
The area under P − V graph gives us the work done and clearly the area under the curve is increasing so work is continuously done by the system ( as its volume is increasing)
∴ +ve work done is done on the system. So work done continuously increases