A student inflates a balloon for a party inside her house, where the temperature is 23°C. She then takes the balloon outside, where the temperature is 12°C. What most likely will happen to the balloon?

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Matthias Hancock

13 January, 04:56

A student inflates a balloon for a party inside her house, where the temperature is 23°C. She then takes the balloon outside, where the temperature is 12°C. What most likely will happen to the balloon?

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Savannah Warren · Answer 1

The balloon will lose volume since Charles law says if temperature decreases then volume decreases and going from 23 degrees to 12 degrees is a temperature decrease.

Most likely the balloon will decrease in volume.

Melanie Grimes · Answer 2

Melanie Grimes 13 January, 08:50

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The answer is that it will shrink