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In an automobile engine, as the valve opens to a cylinder, the piston moves down and air e...

In an automobile engine, as the valve opens to a cylinder, the piston moves down and air enters the cylinder. Fuel follows and is burned. Thereafter, the combustion gases are discharged as the piston moves up. On a very short timescale, say, a few microseconds, would the cylinder be considered an open or closed system? Repeat for a timescale of several seconds.

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