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Expansion and Contraction of Gases In 1787, Jacques Charles noticed that gases expand when heated and contract when cooled. Suppose that a particular gas follows the model
where x is temperature in degrees Celsius and f(x) is volume in cubic centimeters. (Source: Bushaw, D., et al., A Sourcebook of Applications of School Mathematics. MAA, 1980. Reprinted with permission.)
(a) Find the volume when the temperature is 27°C.
(b) What is the temperature when the volume is 605 cubic centimeters?
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