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    Force exerted on inside of a box by a gas

    The thing is, I don't know the right answer. Are you familiar with LON-CAPA at all? The homework problems are presented on this online service called LON-CAPA. You input your answer and it tells you whether you are right or wrong. You don't know what the right answer is until you enter it. We...
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    Force exerted on inside of a box by a gas

    I did consider it, and maybe I should have mentioned that in my first post. Since the container in question is a cube, the total area of the inside is six times the area of one side (since a cube has 6 faces). That would give F = 139078 * 6*.077284 = 64487 N. (this isn't the correct answer...
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    Force exerted on inside of a box by a gas

    Homework Statement A cubic metal box that has 27.8-cm (.278 m) long edges contains air at a pressure of 1.00 atm (~101,300 Pa) and a temperature of 303 K. The box is sealed so that the enclosed volume remains constant, and it is heated to a temperature of 416 K. Find the force due to the...