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When a volume of air is compressed and no heat enters or leaves, the air temperature will?

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Use the formula:

(PV)/(nRT) or PV=nRT

Because you are asked only about pressure and temperature, you can cancel out any unnecessary variables in the formula (Volume "V", Moles "n", and Avogadro's rate "R") and you are left with:

P/T

Now, because P and T are on opposite sides of the fraction bar, they have a Direct Relationship. This means they have a direct proportionality. Therefore, if temperature were to go up, so would the pressure, and vice versa.

Pressure↑ = Temperature↑
Temperature↓ = Pressure↓

I hope this helps!
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