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If a balloon is heated, what happens to the pressure of the air inside the balloon if the volume remains constant? It increases. It stays the same. It decreases.

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Assuming the volume remains constant, the pressure would increase proportionally to the temperature increase. Adding energy to the air atoms causes more collisions with the wall of the balloon, increasing the pressure.
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