considering what you now know about boyle's law, make a prediction based on the following situation. what would happen to the pressure of a gas inside a sealed bottle, of the bottle was squeezed tightly, reducing the volume of the gas by half? Explain your thoughts.

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30 August, 01:18

considering what you now know about boyle's law, make a prediction based on the following situation. what would happen to the pressure of a gas inside a sealed bottle, of the bottle was squeezed tightly, reducing the volume of the gas by half? Explain your thoughts.

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Bo Moyer · Answer 1

The pressure would increase because the volume of space the gas takes up decreases once the bottle is squeezed. There is less room for the gas particles to move around meaning more collisions between the particles occur.