What would happen to a closed sample of a gas whose temperature increased while its volume decreased?   a: The average kinetic energy of the molecules of the gas would decrease. b: Its pressure would increase. c: Its pressure would hold constant. d: The number of moles of the gas would decrease. e: Its pressure would decrease.

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What would happen to a closed sample of a gas whose temperature increased while its volume decreased?

 

a: The average kinetic energy of the molecules of the gas would decrease.
b: Its pressure would increase.
c: Its pressure would hold constant.
d: The number of moles of the gas would decrease.
e: Its pressure would decrease.
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