If #18 L# of a gas at room temperature exerts a pressure of #35 kPa# on its container, what pressure will the gas exert if the container's volume changes to #14 L#?
1 Answer
The new pressure is
Explanation:
Let's start off with identifying our known and unknown variables.
The first volume we have is
We can obtain the answer using Boyle's Law which shows that there is an inverse relationship between pressure and volume as long as the temperature and number of moles remain constant.
The equation we use is
where the numbers 1 and 2 represent the first and second conditions. All we have to do is rearrange the equation to solve for the pressure.
We do this by dividing both sides by
Now all we do is plug and chug!