Measurements show that the enthalpy of a mixture of gaseous reactants increases by 243.kJ during a certain chemical reaction, which is carried out at a constant pressure. Furthermore, by carefully monitoring the volume change it is determined that −174.kJ of work is done on the mixture during the reaction.

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Those are different gas lawshere is a brief description of themcharles's law states that volume and temperature are directly proportional to each other as long as pressure is held constant.  boyle's law asserts that pressure and volume are inversely proportional to each other at fixed temperature.gay-lussac's law introduces a direct proportionality between temperature and pressure as long as it is at a constant volume.    source:

According to arrhenius theory of acid and bases, an acid is a proton donor, while base donates hydroxyl ions. further, acid and base reacts to form salt and water.consider following example.hcl    +      h2o          →      cl-          +      h3o+here, hcl has donated a proton, hence it is an acid.now consider following reactionhcl      +      naoh            ↔      nacl      +        h2oin this reaction, hcl donates proton, hence it is acid. on other hand, naoh donates hydroxyl ion (i.e. hence it is a base.   

Well you can immediately rule out a and d because if a metal were to lose or gain protons, then it would become a different element all together. the answer here is b because the positive symbol with a number refers to how many electrons the metal can give away to become stable.