Chapter 13: Q33P (page 359)
(II) You buy an 鈥渁irtight鈥 bag of potato chips packaged at sea level and take the chips on an airplane flight. When you take the potato chips out of your 鈥渃arry-on鈥漛ag, you notice it has noticeably 鈥減uffed up.鈥 Airplane cabins are typically pressurized at 0.75 atm, and assuming the temperature inside an airplane is about the same as inside a potato chip processing plant, by what percentage has the bag 鈥減uffed up鈥 in comparison to when it was packaged?
Short Answer
The bag had puffed up\(33\% \) in comparison to when it was packaged.