A scuba diver ascends too quickly and develops the bends. A nitrogen bubble has formed in the patient's elbow. At a depth of 55 ft, where the pressure is 2.66 atm, the bubble had a volume of 0.022 mL. Assuming a constant temperature and number of moles of nitrogen in the bubble, what volume did the bubble increase to at the surface, where the pressure is 1.00 atm?

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since PV is constant, you want
1.0*V = 2.66 * 0.022

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A scuba diver ascends too quickly and develops the bends. A nitrogen bubble has formed in the patient's elbow. At a depth of 55 ft, where the pressure is 2.66 atm, the bubble had a volume of 0.022 mL. Assuming a constant temperature and number of moles of nitrogen in the bubble, what volume did the bubble increase to at the surface, where the pressure is 1.00 atm?

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since PV is constant, you want
1.0*V = 2.66 * 0.022

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since PV is constant, you want 1.0*V = 2.66 * 0.022