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I am told that the area under the PV curve gives the magnitude of work done by a gas.
Let $V_i$ be the initial volume, $V_f$ be the final volume, and the pressure as a function of volume be given by $P=f(V)$. To my understanding, the work done is given by the area bounded by $x=V_i$, $x=V_f$, $P=...
