Suppose a 1-mol sample of an ideal gas is expanded isothermally and reversibly from a volume of 10 L to a volume of 20 L at a temperature of 298 K. How much work (w) is done in this process, and what are the changes in the internal energy (∆U) and entropy (∆S) of the gas?

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Suppose a 1-mol sample of an ideal gas is expanded isothermally and reversibly from a volume of 10 L to a volume of 20 L at a temperature of 298 K. How much work (w) is done in this process, and what are the changes in the internal energy (∆U) and entropy (∆S) of the gas?