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If it takes 0.0393 L of oxygen gas kept in a cylinder under pressure to fill an evacuated 1.05 L reaction vessel in which the pressure is 0.980 atm, what was the initial pressure of the gas in the cylinder

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User Filiph
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Answer:

26.2 atm

Step-by-step explanation:

P1=P2V2/V1

P1=(1.05 x .980)/.0393

Answer: 26.2 atm

You can check this by knowing that P and V at constant T have an inverse relationship. Hence, this is correct.

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User Susca Bogdan
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