The air in a syringe is let out slowly against the room's steady pressure of 1.0 × 10⁵ Pa, its volume growing by 4.0 litres. How many joules of work does that air do?

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The air in a syringe is let out slowly against the room's steady pressure of $1.0 \times 10^{5}\ \text{Pa}$ , its volume growing by $4.0$ litres. How many joules of work does that air do?

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