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A 30cm diameter vertical cylinder is sealed at the top by a frictionless 17kg piston. The piston is 86cm above the bottom when the gas temperature is 308oC. The air above the piston is at 1.00 atm pressure.

What is the gas pressure in the cylinder using 4 significant figures?
p_o = ____________________________________ Pa

What will be the pressure if the gas is lowered to 10oC?
p_1 = ____________________________________ Pa

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