Question

The internal pressure on a bottle of soda is 5550 torr. the bottle cap is designed to withstand a pressure of 7.2 atm. (a) calculate the pressure in atm

Answer 1

This is a conversion problem. 760 Torr is equal to 1 atmosphere. so we can can solve now. 5,550torr*(1atmosphere/760torr)=7.3atmospheres. since the two torrs cancel out with cross multiplication we are left in atmosphere units.

Answer 2

The internal pressure on the bottle of soda is
`7.303atm`

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that ''torr.'' is actually Torricelli a pressure unit. In order to find this pressure in ''atm'' (which is another pressure unit) we need to know the conversion factor.

The conversion factor is the following :

`1atm=760torr.`

If we use the conversion factor to find the pressure in atm :

`(5550torr.).((1atm)/(760torr.))=7.303atm`

We found out that
`5550torr.` are equal to
`7.303atm`

You can find the conversion factor on any units table.