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If the pressure acting on a given sample of an ideal gas at constant temperature is tripled, what happens to the volume of the gas?

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Step-by-step explanation:

According to Boyle's law for constant temperature of gas Pressure is inversely proportional to the volume of gas.


PV=nRT


PV=constant


P\propto (1)/(V)

if Pressure is tripled then


P* V_1=3P* V_2


V_2=(V_1)/(3)

Volume becomes one-third of original volume

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