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A cylinder fitted with a piston has 10 dm3

of a gas 27ºC. How can you double the pressure
by varying only the volume?

need help asap

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Answer:

when the pressure of gas is decreased, the volume increases. this relationship between pressure and volume is called Boyle's law. So, at constant temperature, the answer to your answer is: the volume decreases in the same ratio as the ratio of pressure increases.

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