A 10.0-cm cylindrical chamber has a 5.00-cm-diameter piston attached to one end. The piston is connected to an ideal spring with a spring constant of 10.0 N/cm, as shown. Initially, the spring is not compressed but is latched in place so that it cannot move. The cylinder is filled with gas to a pressure of 5.00 × 105 Pa. Once the gas in the cylinder is at this pressure, the spring is unlatched. Because of the difference in pressure between the inside of the chamber and the outside, the spring moves a distance Δx. Heat is allowed to flow into the chamber as it expands so that the temperature of the gas remains constant; thus, you may assume T to be the same before and after the expansion. Find the compression of the spring, Δx.

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