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Why a increase in volume causes a decrease in pressure

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If pressure increases, then volume decreases and vice versa, when temperature is held constant.” When pressure increases, the same number of molecules, or matter, are being forced closer together to occupy a shrinking space, their volume decreasing while their density correspondingly increases.

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