SOLUTION: The Van der Waals equation can be given by the following modification of the Ideal Gas Law equation (P+an^2/V^2)(V−bn)=nRT Solve this equation for a, the measure of attr

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Question 1098066: The Van der Waals equation can be given by the following modification of the Ideal Gas Law equation
(P+an^2/V^2)(V−bn)=nRT
Solve this equation for a, the measure of attractive force between two particles.

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(P+an^2/V^2)(V - bn) = nRT
Solve this equation for a
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an^2/V^2 = -P + nRT/(V - bn)
an^2 = V^2*(-P + nRT/(V - bn))
a+=+V%5E2%2A%28-P+%2B+nRT%2F%28V+-+bn%29%29%2Fn%5E2