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How does increasing the number of particles in a contained gas affect the pressure?

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Using the formula PV=nRT (p is pressure of gas, v is volume of gas, n is amount of particles, r is the gas constant and t is absolute temperature of the gas), an increase in number of particles will result to an increase in pressure as long as the other variables remain constant.