A piston containing an ideal gas is originally in the state

Last updated: 6/25/2023

A piston containing an ideal gas is originally in the state X see figure The gas is taken through a thermal cycle X Y X as shown The work done by the gas is positive if the direction of the thermal cycle is a clockwise b counter clockwise c neither clockwise nor counter clockwise d clockwise from X Y and counter clockwise from Y X P X Y