SAMPLE PROBLEM / FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

1. Suppose there is heat transfer of 40 J to a system, while the system does 10 J of work. Later, there is heat transfer
of 25 J out of the system while 4 J of work is done on the system. What is the net change in internal energy of the
system?

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2. What is the change in internal energy of a system when a total of 150 J of heat transfer occurs out of (from) the
system and 159 J of work is done on the system?
3. What is the change in the internal energy of a system if 5kJ of heat is added to the system and 2.3kJ of work is
done on the system?
4. 150 BTU of heat leaves the system while 100 BTU of work is done on the system, what is the change in the
internal energy of the system?
5. If you eat 750 calories of food and then run up several steps of stairs to work off the energy you taken in. How
high do you climb if your mass is about 65kg? Assume 100% efficiency in the conversion of food energy into
mechanical work.