Question

What is the initial temperature (°C) of a system that has the pressure decreased by 10 times while the volume increased by 5 times with a final temperature of -123°C?

Answer 1

Answer:

27°C or 300K

Explanation

We were told that the pressureof the system decreased by 10 times implies that P2= P1/10

Where P2=final pressure

P1= initial pressure

Wew were also told that the volume of the system increased by 5 times this implies that V2= 5×V1

Where T2= final temperature =-123C= 273+(-123C)=150K

T1= initial temperature

But from gas law

PV=nRT

As n and R are constant

P1V1/T1 = P2V2/T2

T1= P1V1T2/P2V2

T1=2×T2

T1=2×150

T1=300K

=300-273

=27°C

the initial temperature (°C) of a system is 27°C