Section 14.3 Partial Derivatives
Completion requirements
Ex 88
The gas law for a fixed mass \(m\)
of an ideal gas at absolute temperature \(T\), pressure \(P\), and volume \(V\) is \(PV =
mRT\), where \(R\) is the gas
constant. Show that
\[\frac{\partial P}{\partial V}
\frac{\partial V}{\partial T} \frac{\partial T}{\partial P} =
-1\]