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dmcintosh

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on: Jul 28, 2018
A sidereal day is ______________ than a solar day.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

The piston of a cylinder containing a quantity of ideal gas is advanced so that the volume of the gas is decreased by one-half. A pressure gauge on the cylinder shows the pressure of the gas to have increased threefold in the process. By what factor does the temperature of the gas change?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

longer

Answer to Question 2

It increases by a factor of 3/2 (T2 = 3/2 T1).


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