A syringe has a certain amount of gas trapped in it. The plunger is originally at 8.02 cm^3 and the gas has a pressure of 716 torr. What would the pressure be if the volume were decreased to .089 cm^3?
Constant room temperature
Enter answer in scientific notation, using the format 6.00e3 with e representing 10 and the number to the right of 3 being the exponent.
Constant room temperature
Enter answer in scientific notation, using the format 6.00e3 with e representing 10 and the number to the right of 3 being the exponent.
1 Answer
The final pressure would be
Explanation:
This is an example of Boyle's law, which states that the volume of a given amount of gas held at constant temperature varies inversely with the applied pressure when the temperature and mass are constant. The equation for this law is:
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Unknown
Solution
Rearrange the equation to isolate