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A gas of a certain pressure is in a container with a moveable piston. What happens to the pressure when the container size is doubled?

a) The pressure is reduced to half of the original amount.
b) The pressure remains the same.
c) The pressure is double the original amount.
d) The pressure is reduced to one-fourth the original amount.

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When the container size is doubled, the pressure remains the same. The pressure is not affected by the size of the container. So, the correct answer is b) The pressure remains the same.
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