According to Boyle’s Law, if temperature and number of gas particles are held constant, what happens to the pressure of a system when the volume is decreased?

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anonymous · Answer

Have you looked it up on google?

anonymous · Answer

Well when you decrease the volume of something the pressure will go up i think.

noelgreco · Answer

PV=nRT

If the right side of the formula is held constant and V is decreased, what has to happen to P to make the product on the left side remain constant?

rea201 · Answer

The pressure will go up if the volume is decreased.