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All textbooksBrown 15th EditionCh.5 - ThermochemistryProblem 27a

Chapter 5, Problem 27a

Imagine that you are climbing a mountain. Which of the following are state functions? a. The distance you walk during your climb to the top

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Hi everyone here we have a question asking us to consider the following scenario. An athlete ran five laps on a running track with each lap of measuring 400 m. Is the total distance that the athlete ran a state function. So let's remember the definition of a state function with a state function. The path doesn't matter. The running tracks shape Is the path that the runner is taking, so that is why it is 400 m. So the path does matter in this scenario, so it is not a state function. Thank you for watching. Bye.
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