Help with chemistry? If a gas has a volume of 1 L at a pressure of 270 kPa, what volume will it have when the pressure is increased to 540 kPa? Assume the temperature and number of particles are constant.

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Help with chemistry?  If a gas has a volume of 1 L at a pressure of 270 kPa, what volume will it have when the pressure is increased to 540 kPa? Assume the temperature and number of particles are constant.

anonymous · Answer

I'm almost done my homework, yet I'm stuck on this question. Any help is appreciated.

unklerhaukus · Answer

for a closed system , with constant temperature you can use 
Boyle's law.
$$p_1V_1=p_2V_2$$
$p$ is pressure 
$V$ is volume
$x_1$ is one state 
$x_2$ is another state