Question

The relationship between pressure and volume was first noted by ............. while ............. confirmed their discovery and ............ published the result.
a. Richard towneley and Henry power, Robert boyle
b. Richard towneley and Henry power, Robert Hooke
c. Robert boyle and Robert hooke, Robert boyle
d. None of these

Answer 1

According to Boyle's law the pressure exerted by a gas which is of a given mass, and kept at a constant temperature is inversely proportional to the volume which is occupied by it. Or in other words we can say that, the pressure and volume of a gas are inversely proportional to each other as long as the temperature and the quantity of gas are kept constant.

Complete answer:
Boyle's law is a gas law that is sometimes referred to as the Boyle – Mariotte law or the Mariotte's law.
A statement of Boyle's law which is stated modernly is as follows, “The absolute pressure which is exerted by a given mass of an ideal gas is said to be inversely proportional to the volume it occupies if both the temperature and amount of gas will remain unchanged within a closed system.”
The term “cells” was first coined by a British scientist Robert Hooke. Hence he is not involved in the discovery of Boyle's law.
This relationship between both pressure and volume was first noticed by both Richard Towneley and Henry Power in the seventeenth century. Robert Boyle then confirmed their discovery through experiments and finally published the results.

Therefore we can say that the correct answer is A.

Note:
Few limitations of Boyle’s law are it holds good for ideal gas only, its good when temperature is constant and it holds good for that sample of ideal gas which has constant mass which means the gas should be in a closed system only or in a no mass interaction system.