At constant temperature, on increasing the pressure of a gas by 5%, its volume will decrease by:
5%
5.26%
4.26%
4.76%
According to Boyle's Law (derived from the Ideal Gas Equation at constant temperature ), pressure is inversely proportional to volume ( or ). Let initial pressure be and initial volume be . New pressure . Using the relation , we get: . The decrease in volume is . The percentage decrease is .
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