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monzie
Consider the following:
You are in a room containing an 3 empty metal bottles. Each bottle is equipped with a valve which when open connects the interior of the bottle to the room, and when shut seals the bottle.
You also have a pump that can generate an air pressure of 10 Pascals. It can be used to fill the bottles. The pump also has a valve at its inlet to which a bottle can be connected, thereby boosting its output pressre.
You also have any number of valves and pipes and the means to connect them together. These parts also fit the bottles.
Is there a way to fill one of the bottles to a pressure of 100 Pascals?
(Assume that all the components are ideal)
You are in a room containing an 3 empty metal bottles. Each bottle is equipped with a valve which when open connects the interior of the bottle to the room, and when shut seals the bottle.
You also have a pump that can generate an air pressure of 10 Pascals. It can be used to fill the bottles. The pump also has a valve at its inlet to which a bottle can be connected, thereby boosting its output pressre.
You also have any number of valves and pipes and the means to connect them together. These parts also fit the bottles.
Is there a way to fill one of the bottles to a pressure of 100 Pascals?
(Assume that all the components are ideal)