A quantity of gas in a piston cylinder has a volume of 0.586 m3 and a pressure of 200 Pa. The piston compresses the gas to 0.294 m3 in an isothermal (constant-temperature) process. What is the final pressure of the gas?

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A quantity of gas in a piston cylinder has a volume of 0.586 m3 and a pressure of 200 Pa. The piston compresses the gas to 0.294 m3 in an isothermal (constant-temperature) process. What is the final pressure of the gas?

 

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