An inflated rubber balloon contains one mole of an ideal gas, has a pressure P, volume V and temperature T. If the temperature rises to 1.1T, and the volume is increased to 1.05V, the final pressure will be:

1. 1.1P
2. P
3. less than P
4. between P and 1.1P

(d) Hint: Use the ideal gas equation.
We know for an ideal gas, pV =nRT                                (Ideal gas equation)
n= Number of moles, p = Pressure, V = Volume, R =Gasconstant, T =Temperature
                              n=pVRT
Step 1: Find the final pressure in the balloon.
As the number of moles of the gas remains fixed, hence, we can write:
 P1V1RT1=P2V2RT2
P2=(P1V1)(T2V2T1)
=(P)(V)(1.1T)(1.05)V(T)       [P1=P]
=P×(1.11.05)
=P(1.0476)1.05 P
Hence, the final pressure P2 lies between p and 1.1p.