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An increase in pressure exerted on a liquid does not compress the liquid as much as the same increase in pressure compresses a gas because
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An increase in pressure exerted on a liquid does not compress the liquid as much as the same increase in pressure compresses a gas because

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Because liquid molecules are packed closer together than gaseous molecules. They don't have as much room to be compressed.
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