Consider a Sample of Gas in a Container on a Comfortable

question 15

Multiple Choice

Consider a sample of gas in a container on a comfortable spring day in Chicago, IL. The Celsius temperature suddenly doubles, and you transfer the gas to a container with twice the volume of the first container. If the original pressure was 11 atm, what is a good estimate for the new pressure?

• A) 12 atm
• B) 2.8 atm
• C) 5.9 atm
• D) 11 atm
• E) 22 atm

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