A helium filled weather balloon has a volume of 3.0 m3 at lift off where the air pressure is 1 atm and the temperature is 20oC.  When airborne the temperature is -60oC and its volume expands to 120 m3.  What is the pressure at the airborne location? 0.0058 atm 0.0083 atm 0.018 atm 0.034 atm

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A helium filled weather balloon has a volume of 3.0 m3 at lift off where the air pressure is 1 atm and the temperature is 20oC.  When airborne the temperature is -60oC and its volume expands to 120 m3.  What is the pressure at the airborne location?

  1. 0.0058 atm
  2. 0.0083 atm
  3. 0.018 atm
  4. 0.034 atm
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