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The volume of a gas decreases to half of its original volume, but the gas maintains the same number of moles and temperature. According to the ideal gas law, what will most likely happen to the pressure
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The volume of a gas decreases to half of its original volume, but the gas maintains the same number of moles and temperature. According to the ideal gas law, what will most likely happen to the pressure

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It will double

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P = pressure of the gas
n= number of moles of the gas
V= volume of the gas
R = the gas constant
T= absolute temperature of the gas
If V is halved when n and T remain the same
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