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QuestionThe volume of a gas varies directly with its temperature and inversely with its pressure. The volume of a gas is 768 m3768 \mathrm{~m}^{3} when the temperature is 268 K and pressure is 29 Pa . What is the volume, in cubic meters, of the gas when the temperature is 325 K and pressure is 11 Pa ? Round to the nearest integer.

Studdy Solution

STEP 1

What is this asking? If a gas's volume changes with temperature and pressure in a specific way, and we know its volume at one point, what's its volume at another point with a different temperature and pressure? Watch out! Don't mix up direct and inverse variation – they work in opposite ways!
Also, remember to round to the nearest integer at the end.

STEP 2

1. Set up the combined variation equation.
2. Find the constant of variation.
3. Calculate the new volume.

STEP 3

Alright, so we know the volume (VV) varies *directly* with temperature (TT) and *inversely* with pressure (PP).
Direct variation means they change in the same direction – if one goes up, the other goes up!
Inverse variation means they change in opposite directions.

STEP 4

We can write this relationship as V=kTPV = k \cdot \frac{T}{P}, where kk is our **constant of variation**.
This equation captures both the direct relationship with TT and the inverse relationship with PP.

STEP 5

We're given an **initial state**: V=768 m3V = \textbf{768} \mathrm{~m}^{3}, T=268T = \textbf{268} K, and P=29P = \textbf{29} Pa.
Let's plug these values into our equation: 768=k26829\textbf{768} = k \cdot \frac{\textbf{268}}{\textbf{29}}.

STEP 6

To solve for kk, we can multiply both sides by 29268\frac{\textbf{29}}{\textbf{268}}.
This gives us k=76829268k = \textbf{768} \cdot \frac{\textbf{29}}{\textbf{268}}.

STEP 7

Calculating this gives us k83.02985k \approx \textbf{83.02985}.
We'll keep a few extra decimal places for accuracy and round at the very end.

STEP 8

Now we know kk, and we're given a new temperature and pressure: T=325T = \textbf{325} K and P=11P = \textbf{11} Pa.
We can plug these, along with our calculated kk, back into our equation: V=83.0298532511V = \textbf{83.02985} \cdot \frac{\textbf{325}}{\textbf{11}}.

STEP 9

Calculating this gives us V2460.2985V \approx \textbf{2460.2985}  m3\mathrm{~m}^{3}.

STEP 10

Finally, we need to round to the nearest integer, which gives us a **final volume** of approximately 2460\textbf{2460}  m3\mathrm{~m}^{3}.

STEP 11

The volume of the gas at 325 K and 11 Pa is approximately 2460  m3\mathrm{~m}^{3}.

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