Work done on or by a gas, in general depends upon the 

Options

A. initial state only
B. final state only
C. both initial and final states only.
D. initial state, final state and path.

Answer

C

Explanation

`W = underset(v_(1))overset(v_(2))intPdV`. Here `v_(1)` and `v_(2)` indicate Initial and final volumes of system on keeping P constant.