The lowest recorded atmospheric pressure occurred during a typhoon in the Pacifi
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The lowest recorded atmospheric pressure occurred during a typhoon in the Pacific Ocean in 1979 and measured approximately 652 mm Hg. The highest atmospheric pressure on record occurred in Mongolia in 2001 and measured approximately 814 mm Hg. If a balloon were inflated with air to a volume of 6.0 L under the conditions in Mongolia and then rapidly transported to the conditions described for the typhoon in the Pacific, what would the volume of the balloon be under these new conditions, assuming no change in temperature? Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units. V =Explanation / Answer
at constant temperature
P1V1= P2V2
given P1= 814 mm Hg at Mongolia and V1= 6L,
P2= 652 mm Hg, V2= ?
V2= P1V1/P2= 814*6/652=7.49 L
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