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Yusf
Nov 7, 2016, 08:40 PM
A video in khan academy beautifully derived a formula for this. It was finally nRt*ln(final volume/initial volume)... That's what I remember. So my final answer will be in terms of nrt. Is that okay?

A bigger problem is, do I take this p(t) in degrees or radian? I mean when I calculate p at a certain t, should I put my calc in degrees or radians? For this case I am assuming radians. Because for degrees there is barely any change in pressure.

But what do I do for all other such cases in physics?

ebaines
Nov 8, 2016, 06:40 AM
Radians are the "natural" measure of an angle, so in general angles in physics problem are in radians unless told otherwise.

Yusf
Nov 8, 2016, 10:39 AM
Thanks