If volume decreases in a gas, what happens to pressure?

Pressure increases and then decreases.

Pressure increases.

Pressure decreases.

Pressure stays the same.

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Deborah Walter

Physics

3 January, 01:52

If volume decreases in a gas, what happens to pressure?

Pressure increases and then decreases.

Pressure increases.

Pressure decreases.

Pressure stays the same.

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Pressure increases. Think of having a container with a set amount of gas in it. If you reduce the size of the container and the gas has nowhere to go, the pressure on the walls of the container will increase.

If volume decreases in a gas, what happens to pressure?Pressure increases and then decreases.Pressure increases.Pressure decreases.Pressure stays the same.

If volume decreases in a gas, what happens to pressure?

Pressure increases and then decreases.

Pressure increases.

Pressure decreases.

Pressure stays the same.