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What volume of air at 0.98 atm can be compressed into an 11.1 L scuba air tank if the tank is pressurized to 204 atm?

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To be able to answer this, we need to relate volume with temperature and pressure. To simplify, we assume ideal gas so we use the equation PV=nRT.

PV = nRT

at constant nRT, P1V1 = P2V2

204(11.1) = (0.98)V2
V2 = 2310.61 L
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