SOLUTION: Boyle's law states that for a confined gas at a constant temperature, the product of the pressure, P, and the volume, V, is a constant. Another way of stating this law is that the

Question 1056343: Boyle's law states that for a confined gas at a constant temperature, the product of the pressure, P, and the volume, V, is a constant. Another way of stating this law is that the pressure is inversely proportional to the volume or that the volume is inversely proportional to the pressure. Assume a constant temperature in the following problem. [Hint: The pascal (Pa) is the SI unit of pressure. It equals 1 newton per square metre.]
A balloon contains 350 m3 of gas at a pressure of 150 kPa. What would the volume be if the same quantity of gas were at a pressure of 240 kPa?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Boyle's law states that for a confined gas at a constant temperature, the product of the pressure, P, and the volume, V, is a constant. Another way of stating this law is that the pressure is inversely proportional to the volume or that the volume is inversely proportional to the pressure. Assume a constant temperature in the following problem. [Hint: The pascal (Pa) is the SI unit of pressure. It equals 1 newton per square metre.]
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A balloon contains 350 m3 of gas at a pressure of 150 kPa. What would the volume be if the same quantity of gas were at a pressure of 240 kPa?
V = k/Pressure
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Solve for "k" using "A balloon contains 350 m3 of gas at a pressure of 150 kPa."
350 = k/150
k = 52500
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Equation:
V = 52500/Pressure
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V(240) = 52500/240
V = 218.75 m^3
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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