009A Sample Final 3, Problem 8

Boyle's Law states that when a sample of gas is compressed at a constant temperature, the pressure  $P$  and volume  $V$  satisfy the equation  $PV=C$  where  $C$  is a constant. Suppose that at a certain instant, the volume is  $600{\text{ cm}}^{3},$  the pressure is  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 150 \text{ kPa},}   and the pressure is increasing at a rate of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 20 \text{ kPa/min}.}   At what rate is the volume decreasing at this instant?

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