[Lourdes]

Hello

I have a short question:

The volume of a gas is reduced by a third at constant temperature. How does the pressure change?
I think this is Boyle's Law. I would say the pressure triples, is that correct?

Thanks for clarification!

[sjb]

Hello

I have a short question:

The volume of a gas is reduced by a third at constant temperature. How does the pressure change?
I think this is Boyle's Law. I would say the pressure triples, is that correct?

Thanks for clarification!

I don't think you're going from V to V/3, rather V to 2V/3.

[Lourdes]

But nevertheless my pressure is going to triple, right? In my book it says that if you decrease the volume by 50%, like half of it, the pressure is going to double. Am I getting things mixed up here?

[Borek]

But nevertheless my pressure is going to triple, right?

No.

Instead of guessing try to calculate it, Boyle's law has a simple mathematical form.