An ideal gas is compressed isobarically to one-third of its initial volume.The resulting pressure will be
A)three times as large as the initial value.
B)equal to the initial value.
C)more than three times as large as the initial value.
D)impossible to predict on the basis of this data.

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The pressure remains constant during an isobaric process, so compressing the gas to one-third of its initial volume does not change the pressure.

An Ideal Gas Is Compressed Isobarically to One-Third of Its