Question

A sample of a gas in a rigid container has an initial pressure of 5 atm at a temperature of 254.5 K. The temperature is decreased to 101.8 K. What is the new pressure?

Answer 1

P_1/T_1 = P_2/T_2

So

P_2 = P_1(T_1/T_2)=(5atm)(108.1/254.5)=2.12atm