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The absolute temperature of a gas is increased four times while maintaining a constant volume. What happens to the pressure of the gas?
It decreases by a factor of four.
It increases by a factor of four.
It decreases by a factor of eight.
It increases by a factor of eight.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
It increases by a factor of four.

Reason: at constant volume (and fixed amount of gas), p ∝ T (ideal gas law pV = nRT), so p2 = p1 (T2/T1) = p1·4.