An Ideal Gas Is Compressed Isobarically to One-Third of Its

question 85

Multiple Choice

An ideal gas is compressed isobarically to one-third of its initial volume.The resulting pressure will be

• A)three times as large as the initial value.
• B)equal to the initial value.
• C)more than three times as large as the initial value.
• D)impossible to predict on the basis of this data.

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