A gas is compressed to 75cm3 to a volume of 30cm3. Its temperature remains the same The pressure of the gas after it has been compressed is 110 Pa. What was the pressure before it was compressed?

Given parameters:

Initial volume  = 75cm³

New volume  = 30cm³

New pressure  = 110Pa

Unknown:

Initial pressure = ?

Solution:

Condition: temperature is constant

We simply apply Boyle's law to this problem:

   " the volume of a fixed mass(mole) of a gas varies inversely as the pressure changes if the temperature is constant".

  Mathematically;

          P₁ V₁  = P₂ V₂

where P and V are pressure and volume values

          1 and 2 are the initial and final states.

Input the parameters and solve for P₁;

     P₁ x 75  = 110 x 30

   P₁ = 44Pa

The initial pressure is 44Pa

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the correct choice is a .

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