Students in physics were conducting experiments to determine the relationship between gas volume and temperature. Using a flexible container filled with helium gas, students manipulated the temperature and recorded the new volumes as the experiment progressed. The instructor asked the students to stop the graph at 350K. What was the volume of helium gas at 50K?

Question

Students in physics were conducting experiments to determine the relationship between gas volume and temperature. Using a flexible container filled with helium gas, students manipulated the temperature and recorded the new volumes as the experiment progressed. The instructor asked the students to stop the graph at 350K. What was the volume of helium gas at 50K?

Responses
A 25.0cc
B 37.5cc
C 50.0cc
D 100cc

Answer 1

Unfortunately, without the data or any information about the specific relationship between gas volume and temperature, it is impossible to determine the volume of helium gas at 50K.

Answer 2

To find the volume of helium gas at 50K, we need to analyze the relationship between gas volume and temperature. According to the experiment, the students manipulated the temperature and recorded the new volumes.

To determine the relationship between gas volume and temperature, we can refer to Charles's Law, which states that the volume of a given amount of gas is directly proportional to its temperature, assuming that pressure and number of particles remain constant.

In this case, the students were asked to stop the graph at 350K, which means that they have recorded data points up to this temperature. We need to find the volume at 50K.

Since the problem doesn't provide the exact volume at 350K, we can't draw the graph to find the volume at 50K directly. However, we can assume that the relationship between gas volume and temperature remains constant and use a simple proportion to solve for the volume at 50K.

Let's set up a proportion:

Volume at 350K / Temperature at 350K = Volume at 50K / Temperature at 50K

Let's assign variables:
V350K = Volume at 350K
T350K = Temperature at 350K
V50K = Volume at 50K
T50K = Temperature at 50K

The proportion becomes:
V350K / T350K = V50K / T50K

Rearranging the equation to solve for V50K:
V50K = (V350K * T50K) / T350K

Since we don't have the exact volume at 350K, we cannot determine the exact volume at 50K. Thus, we cannot determine the correct answer among the given options (A, B, C, D). We would need more information or data points to accurately determine the volume at 50K.

Answer 3

To determine the volume of helium gas at 50K, we need more information about the relationship between gas volume and temperature. Specifically, we need to know what kind of relationship the students observed. Without this information, we cannot accurately determine the volume at 50K.