Question

You are at home in your air conditioned garage. You are planning a family road trip from New York to Florida. You are lnfating the tires of your suv. You fill each car-tire with about 10 Liters of air. The temperature inside your air conditioned garage is about 10 degrees Celsius. Your family packs the car, and you begin your trip to Florida. The temperature in New York is about 21 degrees Celsius, and the happen temperature in Florida is 32 degrees Celsius. Assuming the pressure stays constant from the garage all the way to Florida, what could to your car tires during your road trip.
Write a paragraph that makes a claim about what happen to the car tires

Answer 1

Hello!

According to the Charles' Law, the volume of a gas is proportional to temperature when pressure is constant. When going from New York to Florida, if the pressure is left constant the volume of the tires will increase.

The final volume of the tires can be calculated from the following equation, derived from Charles' Law:

$V2= \frac{V1}{T1}*T2=\frac{10 L}{10degC}*32degC=32 L$

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