SOLUTION: Gas laws. The volume of gas is inversely proportional to the pressure on the gas. If the volume is 6 cubic centimeters when the pressure on the gas is 8 kilograms per square cent

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Question 171497: Gas laws. The volume of gas is inversely proportional to the pressure on the gas. If the volume is 6 cubic centimeters when the pressure on the gas is 8 kilograms per square centimeter, then what is the volume when the pressure is 12 kilograms per square centimeter?
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
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Gas laws. The volume of gas is inversely proportional to the pressure on the gas. If the volume is 6 cubic centimeters when the pressure on the gas is 8 kilograms per square centimeter, then what is the volume when the pressure is 12 kilograms per square centimeter?
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Form: V = kp
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Find "k" for this situation:
6 = k8
k = 3/4
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Situation Equation: V = (3/4)p
So, if the pressure is 12 you can solve for V:
V = (3/4)12
V = 9 cubic cm
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
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inverse proportions take on the form ab=k.......so we have v/p=k....
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remember when variables are inversely related if one increases the other decreases .that is one way of checking to see if your answer is reasonable.
In our case the pressure is increase therefore the volume must decrease.
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6(8)=48........so then v(12)=48
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volume of the gascubic centimeters