Question

How many cubic feet of air at standard conditions 1.00 atm are required to inflate a bicycle tote of .50 cu. Ft. To a pressure of 3.00 atmospheres?

Answer 1

As I am reading the problem, I see they gave you two pressures, one volume and they are asking for another volume. this should give you a hint that you need to use the following formula. 

P1V1= P2V2

P1= 1.00 atm
V1= 0.50 ft³
P2= 3.00 atm
V2= ?

Now we plug the values

(1.00 x 0.50)= (3.00 x V2)

V2= 0.17 ft³