Two Moles of an Ideal Gas Have an Initial Kelvin

question 55

Multiple Choice

Two moles of an ideal gas have an initial Kelvin temperature Ti and absolute pressure Pi. The gas undergoes a reversible isothermal compression from an initial volume Vi to a final volume 0.5Vi.
-How much heat is exchanged with the environment? If heat is exchanged, is it absorbed or released?

• A)P_iV_i (ln 2), released
• B)P_iV_i (ln 2), absorbed
• C)(0.5)P_iV_i, released
• D)(0.5)P_iV_i, absorbed
• E)zero