A weather balloon is filled with helium at 1.02 atm of pressure and 296K. The balloon has an initial volume of 20.0 m3. The balloon is then released with equipment to collect data on the weather and a camera. When the balloon finally burst, the equipment reports a pressure of 0.621 atm and a temperature of 277K. What was the volume of the balloon when it burst?

the best answer is d because the strong cohesion is caused by the ability of water molecules to undergo hydrogen bonding.

a is incorrect because when water solidifies, it becomes   ice, which expands and occupies a bigger volume for the same mass of water in its liquid state.

b is incorrect because water has high surface tension. besides bonding to itself it hydrogen bonds to other molecules at the top decreasing possibility for breaking of attractive forces.

c is incorrect because the water molecule has oxygen which is highly electronegative and so pulls the electron pair towards itself creating a dipole moment, making the molecule polar.

e is incorrect because water has strong adhesion, ability to stick to other molecules such as glass because of this molecules having stronger hydrogen bonding than water.

the dissolution of polymer can be thermodynamically described in 2 steps.