Im so hopeless no one can answer my homework question and its due tommorow : (

How much pressure is exerted when air is being compressed?

The more pressure you exert, the more the air is compressed.

Maybe this is what they're looking for:

- - Normal atmospheric pressure at sea level is about

14.7 pounds per square inch (101 kilopascals).

- - Any pressure greater than that, when applied to a sample of air

in a container, will compress the sample to greater density than

normal sea level atmosphere.