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A soda can has an internal pressure of 8.7 atm at a temperature of 4.9 °C. If the can is heated or cooled to 79.7 °C, what is the new pressure inside the can?

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Answer: 11.04 atm

Step-by-step explanation:

P1/T1 = P2/T2 this is the Gay-Lussac law

Temperature must be in kelvin

P2=P1T2/T1

8.7 X 352.85 /278.05

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