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A syringe has 15 mL of gas at 3 atm of pressure. After squeezing the syringe to 7mL, what is the new pressure?

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Temperature constant, Boyle's law

P₁V₁=P₂V₂

3.15 = P₂.7

P₂=6.43 atm

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