If you're the type to complain that a riddle requires outside information, don't bother reading this.
In general, if you have air in a container and you double that amount of air, the pressure will become double the old pressure. This is true of all gases. Well, this isn't exactly true, but for the purposes of this riddle, it is close enough.
So here's the question: If you have an automobile tire filled with the typical 32 psi and you double the amount of air molecules in it, what pressure will a tire gauge now read? Assume that this is a tire that doesn't expand.
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If you're the type to complain that a riddle requires outside information, don't bother reading this.
In general, if you have air in a container and you double that amount of air, the pressure will become double the old pressure. This is true of all gases. Well, this isn't exactly true, but for the purposes of this riddle, it is close enough.
So here's the question: If you have an automobile tire filled with the typical 32 psi and you double the amount of air molecules in it, what pressure will a tire gauge now read? Assume that this is a tire that doesn't expand.
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