Hypothesis is a smart guess that you make on the result of your experiment. You make this even before doing the experiment through inferential analysis. If the hypothesis you made was that, cotton will grow larger balls, then in the experiment, you should measure the cotton boll's size. The size should be in terms of diameter. So, the answer is b.
Answer: The final pressure is 34.48kPa
Initial Pressure P1 = 55.16kPa
Initial Volume V1 = 0.500L
Final Pressure P2 = ?
Final Volume V2 = 0.800L
Boyle's law P1V1 = P2 V2
P2 = P1V1/V2
P2 = 55.16*0.5/0.8
P2 = 34.48kPa
100.0g x 4.184J/g/°C x 78°C ΔT = 32,645.2 Joules.
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