I need help with C) my answer of-192 is in correct   Suppose that while pumping up a bike tire, we fairly rapidly compress 1900 cm3 of air from atmospheric pressure and room temperature to a pressure of about 5 atm (which is about 60 psi above atmospheric pressure, which is what a tire gauge would read). (a) What is this packet of air’s volume as it enters the tire?   The volume of the packet of air is _601.85cm3. (b) What is its final temperature? The final temperature is  475 K. (c) How much work did we do to compress it?   The work done to compress air is  _______J.

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Suppose that while pumping up a bike tire, we fairly rapidly compress 1900 cm3 of air from atmospheric pressure and room temperature to a pressure of about 5 atm (which is about 60 psi above atmospheric pressure, which is what a tire gauge would read).


(a) What is this packet of air’s volume as it enters the tire?  

The volume of the packet of air is _601.85cm3.

(b) What is its final temperature?

The final temperature is  475 K.

(c) How much work did we do to compress it?  

The work done to compress air is  _______J.

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