1. which of the following is an example of a hypothesis?

a. a prediction that a tire's air pressure will increase if the tire's temperature is raised

b. experimental results that show that increasing the number of particles in a contain will cause the pressure in the container to increase

c. an explanation for why air pressure in a closed container increases when the container size is decreased

d. none of the above

in 1783 cavendish was working with his hydrogen gas and found that when he burned it and condensed the vapor it was water. this was very significant since it disproved the greek theory of elements completely since water was not a simple substance but the product of two gases. it was lavoisier who hearing of the experiment gave cavendish's gas the name hydrogen ("water-producer") and added that hydrogen burned by combining with oxygen and that water was a hydrogen-oxygen combination.

explanation:

in the analysis of systems that involve fluid flow, we frequently encounter the combination of properties u and pv.