An Ideal Gas Is Compressed Isothermally to One-Third of Its

Multiple Choice

An ideal gas is compressed isothermally to one-third of its initial volume. The resulting pressure will be

A) equal to the initial value.
B) less than three times as large as the initial value.
C) more than three times as large as the initial value.
D) three times as large as the initial value.
E) impossible to predict on the basis of this data.