2. The ideal gas law PV = nRT gives the relationship between the pressure (P), volume (V), absolute temperature (T), and number of moles (n) of an ideal gas, where R is the gas constant. a. Identify the quantities that can vary in this equation. b. Are there any quantities that are always constant in this equation? Which one(s)?
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