A gas occupies a volume of 20 cubic meters at 9,000 pascals. If the pressure is lowered to 5,000 pascals, what volume will the gas occupy?

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Herman Tran · Answer 1 · 2015-02-02T10:12:25+0000

We need to consider no change in the temperature of gas (isothermal transformation)

Volume and pressure are inversely proportional magnitudes, so we can write:

$P_1.V_1=P_2.V_2\\ \\ 9.20=5.V_2\\ \\ V_2=(180)/(5)=36 \ m^3$

A gas occupies a volume of 20 cubic meters at 9,000 pascals. If the pressure is lowered to 5,000 pascals, what volume will the gas occupy?

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