When using a manometer to check boyle's law, why is the pressure changed slowly? a. to avoid compressing the liquid b. to avoid compressing the gas c. to avoid changing the gas temperature d. to avoid changing the mass of the gas

Option C is correct.

c. to avoid changing the gas temperature

Manometers are devices using columns of a suitable liquid to measure the difference in pressure between two points and the atmosphere. A manometer is required for measuring substantial gauge pressures. It is the modified form of the piezometric tube.

first let us lay out the formula for potential

and kinetic energy:

pe = mgh

ke = (mv^2)/2

where: m=mass, v=velocity, g=gravitational

acceleration, h=height

calculating for mass using the known values of

pe:

340j = m (9.81 m/s^2) (50ft) (1m/3.28ft)

m = 2.27 kg

the law of conservation of energy states that

energy is neither created nor destroyed. therefore, the change in kinetic

energy from 50 ft to 35 ft would be equal to the change in potential energy

from 50 ft to 35 ft. however it would be opposite in signs since one is losing

while other is gaining.

ke(35ft) – ke(50ft) = - [ pe(35ft) – pe(50ft]

ke(50ft) = 0 since the brick is initially at rest

ke(35ft) = 340j - 2.27kg (9.81 m/s^2) (35ft)

(1m/3.28 ft)

ke(35ft)

= 102.38 j