Assume that a lecture hall is 5 m wide, 3 m high and 9 m deep; assume that the molar composition of the air in the room is 80% n2 and 20% o2; assume that the temperature and pressure in the room are such that the molar gas volume, rt/p = 20 l/mol; and assume that van der waals b of o2 is 0.03 l/mol. use this information to estimate to one significant figure the volume in liters of liquid o2 that could be made by condensing to liquid the air in the lecture hall. comment on whether your answer is in line with your explanation.

1. the question asks the most appropriate, which seems to rule out "all of the above." your choice appears to be the correct one.

2. the protocol described is good for identifying correlation, but not cause and effect. for cause/effect, you need to devise a protocol that will assign the treatment (or not) to groups that have essentially the same "demographics" with respect to all the other variables. your choice regarding control group seems appropriate. random assignment of treatment (choice d) may be appropriate also. (i think you can argue that b and d are just different descriptions of the same method.)

3. d will randomize the birds, but may not guarantee there are 10 in each group. e will do both, so seems the better choice.

comment on question 2

based on the problem statement, it seems clear that confident, attentive drivers are more likely to use daytime running lights. so, the protocol might need to be devised in such a way that the lights would be turned on or off without the driver's knowledge. (an attentive driver will figure it out.) assigning a confident, attentive driver to a group required to drive without running lights might mess with his/her confidence and attentiveness. you don't want your experiment to do that. (nor do you want the experiment to subject a driver to greater risk of accident as a consequence of driving without running lights.) experiments involving human safety are always problematic.