If #18 L# of a gas at room temperature exerts a pressure of #36 kPa# on its container, what pressure will the gas exert if the container's volume changes to #14 L#?

1 Answer
Dec 27, 2016

The gas will exert a pressure of 46.3 kPa.

Explanation:

We can obtain the final pressure via Boyle's Law:

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Let's identify the known and unknown variables:

#color(green)("Knowns:")#
- Initial Volume
- Final Volume
- Initial Pressure

#color(magenta)("Unknowns:")#
- Final Pressure

All we have to do is rearrange the equation to solve for the final pressure. We do this by dividing both sides by #V_2# in order to get #P_2# by itself like this:
#P_2=(P_1xxV_1)/V_2#

Now all we do is plug in the values and we're done!

#P_2= (36kPa xx 18cancel"L")/(14\cancel"L")# = #46.3 kPa#