What is the pressure inside such a balloon (in atm) if it starts out at sea level with a temperature of 20.8°C and rises to an altitude where its volume is sixteen times the original volume and its temperature is  −35.7°C?

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Large helium-filled balloons are used to lift scientific equipment to high altitudes. What is the pressure inside such a balloon (in atm) if it starts out at sea level with a temperature of 20.8°C and rises to an altitude where its volume is sixteen times the original volume and its temperature is 

−35.7°C?

 (Enter your answer to at least 3 decimal places)

What is the gauge pressure? (Enter your answer in atm and to at least 3 decimal places. Assume atmospheric pressure is constant.)

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