A motorist equips his automobile tires with a relief-type valves so that the pressure inside the tire never will exceed 240 kPa(gage). He starts a trip with a pressure of 200 kPa(gage) and a temperature of 23℃ in the tires. During the long drive, the temperature of the air in the tires reaches 83℃. Each tire contains 0.11 kg of air. Determine the mass of air escaping each tire in grams.

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A motorist equips his automobile tires with a relief-type valves so that the pressure inside the tire never will exceed 240 kPa(gage). He starts a trip with a pressure of 200 kPa(gage) and a temperature of 23℃ in the tires. During the long drive, the temperature of the air in the tires reaches 83℃. Each tire contains 0.11 kg of air. Determine the mass of air escaping each tire in grams.

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