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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A 17.0 L sample of ideal gas has a pressure of 28.0 atm. What volume would this gas occupy at 6.30 atm?

OpenStudy (australopithecus):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_gas_law

OpenStudy (jfraser):

@Australopithecus is correct, but Boyle's Law would be more useful in a direct sense here:\[P_1*V_1 = P_2*V_2\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I know that formula, this still doesn't help me

OpenStudy (jfraser):

it actually does, because you're given 2 starting conditions, P1 and V1, and given one of the final conditions, P2. Find V2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so 28 atm * 17.0L = 6.30 atm*x =

OpenStudy (jfraser):

solve for x...

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