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\n" ); document.write( "The volume occupied by a fixed weight of gas (held at a constant temperature) varies inversely as the pressure placed on it.
\n" ); document.write( "If a gas occupies a volume of 40 cubic meters under a pressure of 7 atmospheres, find the volume that the gas
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document.write( "The condition says that the ratio of volumes is inversely proportional to the ratio of pressures.\r\n" );
document.write( "In math terms, it means that\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute the given values  = 40,  = 7,  = 6:\r\n" );
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document.write( "and find  from this proportion:\r\n" );
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