Which statement would be the most useful for deriving the ideal gas law? Volume is directly proportional to the number of moles. Volume is inversely proportional to the temperature. Pressure is directly proportional to the volume. Pressure is inversely proportional to the number of moles.

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Joey Lowery

Chemistry

17 January, 14:04

Which statement would be the most useful for deriving the ideal gas law? Volume is directly proportional to the number of moles. Volume is inversely proportional to the temperature. Pressure is directly proportional to the volume. Pressure is inversely proportional to the number of moles.

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Isabelle Sexton · Answer 1

The answer is: Volume is directly proportional to the number of moles.

Given the ideal gas equation: PV = nRT

We can see that pressure (P) and volume (V) are on the left side of the equation, while the number of moles (n), the gas constant (R), and temperature (T) are on the right side.

If you increase/decrease the volume, this results in a direct increase/decrease of the number of moles, which proves the statement true. Volume is also directly proportional to temperature. Pressure is inversely proportional to volume, and directly proportional to the number of moles.