According to Boyle's law, the volume V of a gas at a constant temperature varies inversely with the pressure P. When the volume of a certain gas is 125 cubic meters, the pressure is 20 psi (pounds per square inch).

If the volume of gas is increased to 400 cubic meters, the pressure will be

1 answer

At constant temperature (which is what they want you to assume),
P*V = constant
125*20 = 400*P2
P2 = final pressure = (125/400)*20
= 6.25 psi

Since the equation
P1/P2 = V2/V1
involves dimensionless ratios, I did NOT have to convert pressure from psi to Pascal units and back again. I chose to keep pressure in psi and volume in cubic meters