The specific heat of an ideal gas at constant pressure (CP) is always larger than its specific heat at constant volume (CV): CP = CV + R where R is the ideal gas constant: R = 8.31 Joules/(mole-K). Explain clearly in your own words why CP > CV always, using (among other things) the first law of thermodynamics.
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