A piston-cylinder system in an automobile engine contains 0.15 liters of air at 80 kPa and 18C. The air in the cylinder is compressed through a quasi-static polytropic process (n = 1.4) with a volume reduction factor of 5 (5 times smaller). Determine:

a) The work done b) The final pressure c) The final temperature d) The heat transfer.

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