Solving Problem 3 in MIT's Statistical Physics Course

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[SOLVED] statistical physics

Homework Statement


http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Physics/8-044Spring-2004/AC9B128C-9358-4177-BFE6-A142E0FD897B/0/ps4.pdf
I am working on Problem 3.
So I want to calculate the integral of dW along each of those paths. But how can I relate dW to dV? dW is equal to F dot dl but I don't really know F or dl here?


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The Attempt at a Solution

 
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Another expression for work is the following:

[tex]\int_{V_1}^{V_2} PdV[/tex]

Try to start from this expression for this problem.