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Homework Statement
Over several cycles, a refrigerator does 1.51 x 10^4 J of work on the refrigerant. The refrigerant in turn removes 7.55 x 10^4 J as heat from the air inside the refrigerator.
a. how much energy is transferred as heat to the outside air?
b. what is the net change in the internal energy of the refrigerant?
c. what is the amount of work done on the air inside the refrigerator?
d. what is the net change in the internal energy of the air inside the refrigerator?
Homework Equations
U=Internal Energy
Q=Heat
W=Work
ΔU = Q-W
ΔUnet = 0
Qnet=Wnet
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm trying to teach myself physics, so I think I'm getting really confused here. First of all, I get mixed up on when to put negative signs in front of numbers or if I even have to in cyclic processes.
I got the right answers (given by my online school) but it may have just been luck.
**I only need help with a and d and somewhat ca. -7.55 x 10^4 = (1.51 x 10^4 - x)
-9.06 x 10^4= -x
x=9.06 x 10^4 J
Did i do that right at all?
b. I know ΔUnet=0 J in cyclic processes
c. no work done b/c ΔV=0 (how would i know that this is so?)
d. the answer is ΔU= -7.55 x 10^4 but I'm not sure how to mathematically get it
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