Question

state boyle's law. 5l of air at 750 mm mercury pressure were compressed into an iron cylinder of 1 l capacity.what will be the new pressure in atmosphere if the temperature remains constant
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Answer 1

Hey!

Given

V

1

=5L

P

1

=750mm or

760

750

atm

V

2

=1L

P

2

=?

P

1

V

1

=P

2

V

2

P

2

=

V

2

P

1

V

1

=

1

760

750

×5

P

2

=4.93atm

so nearest integer value is 5.