And our job is to find out what is the mathematical description of this path, this line in p-V's case that connects these two point.

我们的任务,就是找出，描述这条曲线的方程。

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The problems are set up so that, if you start down the right path, it should be pretty straight-forward to work it through If you start down a plausible but incorrect path, you can sometimes find yourself stuck in the weeds somewhere, and we want to bring you back in.

问题提出了，如果你从，一开始就走正确的道路，解决的途径,就一目了然了,如果你走上一条貌似正确但实际错误的道路，你会在某时某刻,发现自己陷入泥沼，于是我们就会把你拉回来。

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