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The higher the pressure on a liquid, the higher its boiling point temperature. true false

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True.

At the surface of the earth for example, the atmospheric pressure is 1 atmosphere, and water boils at 100°C, but at lower atmospheric pressure say at hills or mountains water boils at a lesser temperature than 100°C.

Hence the higher the pressure on a liquid, the higher the temperature.
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True, p1/t1=p2/t2. Pressure is related to temperature at which it boils so pressure does affect the boiling point.
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