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MATH SKILLS
Solving Gas Problems
Using Boyle’s Law
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Solving Gas Problems
Using Boyle’s Law
1. What two variables are inversely proportional, as stated in Boyle’s law?
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2. What variable must be kept constant if you are solving a problem using Boyle’s law?
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3. What is the first step in solving pressure-volume gas problems?
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4. What is the equation for Boyle’s law?
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5. How is the equation for Boyle’s law rearranged before solving it?
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6. What is done to similar units in the numerator and the denominator in the final solving step?
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7. What unit remains at the end? Is this the desired unit? What does the unit describe?
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8. If the volume is almost doubled in a container at a fixed temperature, what will happen to the pressure?
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9. In step 3, how would you evaluate the answer to see whether or not it is reasonable?
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10. If the known variables in a new problem are V1, P1, and P2, rewrite the equation for Boyle’s law to solve for the
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