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If you screw the cap of an empty plastic drinking bottle on tightly while walking in the mountains, why are the sides of the bottle caved in when you return to the valley?
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This is because the bottle is open and the air molecules inside and outside the bottle are in equilibrium. This can be represented as: \[ P_{inside} = P_{outside} \] Show more…
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