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From experimental factors assumed to be constant, moving piston and maintain volume, and volume halved from 20.0ml to 10.0ml, include the shape of the curve in the plot of pressure versus volume, do you think the relationship between the pressure and volume of a confined gas is direct or inverse. Explain more in short form
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Assuming the temperature remains constant, the relationship between pressure and volume of a confined gas is inverse. According to Boyle's Law, the pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its volume, i.e., P ∝ 1/V. If the volume of a gas is halved while the temperature is kept constant, the pressure will double. In the plot of pressure versus volume, the curve will be a rectangular hyperbola with the asymptotes being the axes themselves.
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