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📅 2023 MIT Science Bowl High School Invitational🎓 HS🔄 Round 13#️⃣ Question 5🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

Two identical, perfectly-insulating containers each have 1 liter of gas at 1 atmosphere of pressure. The first container is filled with helium gas, while the second container is filled with methane gas. The gas in each container is expanded to a final volume of 8 liters. What is the ratio of the work done by methane gas in the second container to the work done by helium gas in the first container?

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