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Why dose a small container have more pressure than a large container of both have the same amount of gas in them

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because in a smaller container, there is less room for the gas to exist. the gas much all push together closer to fit in the smaller container. as gas atoms, they have less room to bounce around. in a bigger container, it has more room to more and is less pressurized
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