How will you calculate work done on an ideal gas in a compression, when change in pressure is carried out in infinite steps?

How will you calculate work done on an ideal gas in a compression, whe

1.	How will you calculate work done on an ideal gas in a compression, when change in pressure is carried out in infinite steps?
Answer» <P> Solution :Work done can be CALCULATED with the HELP of p -V plot. A p-V plot of the work of compression is carried out by change in pressure in finite steps as shown below. (Fig.4) Work done is EQUAL to the shaded area represented in the graph.