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Explain why automobile owners in severe northern climates often add air to their tires in the wintertime and release some air from the same tires in the summertime

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Because in the winter the air contracts due to the cold and in the summer the air expands due to the heat.
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As the temperature drops the tire pressure will drop as well. Also there is a formula called PV= nRT
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