Question

The pressure is changed from 500 kPa to 250 kPa. What would you expect the new volume to be if the initial volume is 200 mL?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is 400 mL

Explanation:

The new volume can be found by using the formula for Boyle's law which is

$P_1V_1 = P_2V_2$

where

P1 is the initial pressure

P2 is the final pressure

V1 is the initial volume

V2 is the final volume

Since we are finding the new volume

$V_2 = \frac{P_1V_1}{P_2}$

So we have

$V_2 = \frac{500000 \times 200}{250000} = \frac{100000000}{250000} = \frac{10000}{25}$

We have the final answer as

400 mL

Hope this helps you