GENERAL CHEMISTRY(LL)-W/MASTERINGCHEM.
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Chapter 1, Problem 100SAE
The fact that the volume of a fixed amount of gas at a fixed temperature is inversely proportional to the gas pressure is an example of (a) a hypothesis; (b) a theory; (C) a paradigm; (d) the absolute truth; (e) a natural law.
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