I put air in the tires of my car during the summer, while it was 34.9˚C outside (about 94.82˚F). My tires say to fill them to a pressure of 203,000 Pa. Boltzmann's constant is 1.38 x 10-23 J/K A) If my tires have a volume of 0.0100 m3, how many air molecules are in the tire? B) These tires go all summer without losing any air, however come fall the temperature drops down to 2.04˚C (about 35.672˚F). Assuming the volume doesn’t change (because it doesn’t) what is the new pressure in my tires?

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I put air in the tires of my car during the summer, while it was 34.9˚C outside (about 94.82˚F).  My tires say to fill them to a pressure of 203,000 Pa. 

Boltzmann's constant is 1.38 x 10-23 J/K

A) If my tires have a volume of 0.0100 m3, how many air molecules are in the tire?

B) These tires go all summer without losing any air, however come fall the temperature drops down to 2.04˚C (about 35.672˚F).  Assuming the volume doesn’t change (because it doesn’t) what is the new pressure in my tires?

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From the ideal gas law, pressure, temperature and volume of a gas are related as

PV=nRTP is pressureV is volumeT is temperaturen is number of moles of the gasR is the universal gas constant

The initial temperature of the tyres while filling air in them is 34.9o C

Let T=34.9°=34.9+273=307.9 K

And the pressure at which air is filled in the tyres is

P=203000 Pa

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