Question #ce4e6

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Jun 10, 2016

The pressure would need to be increased to 16atm16atm

Explanation:

We can use Boyle's Law P_1V_1=P_2V_2P1V1=P2V2 to solve for the pressure since the temperature is being held constant.

For this case we are going to use 8L 8L to represent the original volume and 1L1L to represent the 1/818 value of the final volume.

P_1 = 2atmP1=2atm
V_1= 8LV1=8L
P_2=?P2=?
V_2=1LV2=1L

(2atm)(8L)=(P_2)((1L)(2atm)(8L)=(P2)((1L)

((2atm)(8cancelL))/(1cancelL)=((P_2)(cancel(1L)))/(cancel(1L))

16atm = P_2