Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 18 - The Laws of Thermodynamics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 643: 6

Answer

$-41J$

Work Step by Step

As we know that $\Delta U_{AB}+\Delta U_{BC}+\Delta U_{CD}+\Delta U_{DA}=0$ This can be rearranged as: $\Delta U_{CD}=-\Delta U_{AB}-\Delta U_{BC}-\Delta U_{DA}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\Delta U_{CD}=-82-15-(-56)=-41J$
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