Question

if you record a lower temperature than the actual value, how would that affect the calculated value of R

Answer 1

the calculated value of R would be incorrect and it would be greater than the actual value

Explanation:

From the general gas equation,

We have a mole of gas as

PV =nRT

We will have to make R the subject of the formula

So we divide through by nT

R = PV/nT

So we have an inverse proportion between R and absolute temperature.

So when we record a lower temperature than what the actual temperature should be, R is going to be affected such that the wrongly calculated value of R would be more than the actual value.