Question

In response to Boyle’s Law, the pressure of a gas increases as the volume decreases because

Answer 1

Answer:

the gas particles strike the walls of the container more often

Explanation:

Following Boyle's law, if the amount of gas and the temperature remain constant, the product of the pressure for the volume remains constant, but when altering any of these conditions this value changes and is expressed through the equation:

                                                      $P_{1} V_{1} = P_{2}V_{2}$

So, when the volume decreases, the distance that the particles have to travel is smaller and therefore more collisions between particles and between the walls occur per unit of time, that is, the system pressure increases.