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As the pressure on the surface of a liquid decreases, the temperature at which the liquid will boil

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increases, boiling point, and vapor pressure are inversely proportional to each other.

think of this, water boils at a lower temperature at high altitude, like on the mountains because the atmospheric pressure there is lower.
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increases with pressure

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