A cylinder contains oxygen gas at a temperature of 7ºC and a pressure of 15 atm in a volume of 100 L.  A fitted piston is lowered into the cylinder, decreasing the volume occupied by the gas to 80 L and raising the temperature to 40ºC. The gas pressure is now approximately a) 21 atm

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A cylinder contains oxygen gas at a temperature of 7ºC and a pressure of 15 atm in a volume of 100 L.  A fitted piston is lowered into the cylinder, decreasing the volume occupied by the gas to 80 L and raising the temperature to 40ºC. The gas pressure is now approximately

a) 21 atm
b)17 atm
c)108 atm
d) 595 atm
e) 3040 atm

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