Heat needed to double gas volume at constant pressure

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Question:
One mole of an ideal gas with cv=2.5R, initially at 0.0degC, is heated at constant pressure. How much heat is needed to double its volume?

Solution:

Know:
n=1
T0=273.15K
cv=2.5R
[tex]\Delta[/tex]P=0
Vf=2V0

H=U +PV
and thus, Q= [tex]\Delta[/tex]H
Q=ncv[tex]\Delta[/tex]T

We can rearrange to find
[tex]\Delta[/tex]H=[tex]\Delta[/tex]U +P(2V0-V0) -> since Vf=2V0

My question is, what do I do with the internal energy? and how can I find the pressure with the given information if I also don't know the final temp?
 
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Well, for an ideal gas PV=nRT.
And since P is constant, can I say that:

P0 = (nRT0)/V0
is the same as
P= (nRT0)/V0

so , P= [(273.15K)(nR)]/V0
 
Honestly, I'm kinda stuck here. It feels to me like with the information I have that I'm just going in circles using one equation to solve another one.
I don't think this question should even be this confusing...
 
Use the ideal gas law to find the final temperature when the volume is doubled at constant pressure.