If an angioplasty balloon has a volume of 0.85 cm³and contains an inert gas mixture at 0.95 atm at room temperature (20 ° C), what is the resulting pressure of the balloon if the temperature is increased to 37 ° C and the volume is reduced to 0.50 cm³?

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Using the combined gas law (P1V1/T1 = P2V2/T2), where P1 = 0.95 atm, V1 = 0.85 cm³, T1 = 293 K (20°C), V2 = 0.50 cm³, and T2 = 310 K (37°C), we solve for P2: P2 = (P1V1T2)/(V2T1) = (0.95 * 0.85 * 310) / (0.50 * 293) ≈ 1.7 atm.

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