document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1149000>Question 1149000</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> when the temperature stays the same, volume of gas is proportional to the pressure of a balloon filled with 350 cubic inches of gas, at pressure 14 pounds per square inch, find the new pressure of gas if the volume is decreased to 70 cubic inches? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "According to Boyle's law PV=constant at constant temperature.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PV=P1V1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plugging in the values we get 350*14=70*x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solving we get x=70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The new pressure is 70 pounds per square inch. </SPAN>\n" );
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