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The Boyle Law is
, where
is a constant.
At certain instant, volume
and the pressure
.
Rate of change of pressure
.
Consider
.
Differentiate on each side with respect to
.

Substitute
,
and
in the above equation.

Here negative sign indicates that the volume is decreasing.
\Volume is decreasing at a rate of 80 cm3/min.
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Volume is decreasing at a rate of 80 cm3/min.