Question

A balloon inflated with three breaths of air has a volume of 1.7 L. At the same temperature and pressure, what is the volume of the balloon if five more same-sized breaths are added to the balloon?

a) 1.7 L
b) 3.4 L
c) 5.1 L
d) 6.8 L

Answer 1

To calculate the volume of the balloon with additional breaths, we can add the volume of the initial breaths to the volume of the additional breaths.

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem, we can assume that the volume of each breath added to the balloon is the same as the initial breaths.

Given that the initial volume of the balloon is 1.7 L and three breaths have already been added, we can calculate the total volume of air in the balloon as 1.7 L + (3 breaths x volume per breath).

Once we have this total volume, we can add five more breaths of the same size to find the final volume of the balloon. Therefore, the volume of the balloon with five more same-sized breaths added is 1.7 L + (3 breaths x volume per breath) + (5 breaths x volume per breath).