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which step will decrease the pressure of a gas inside a closed cubical container? increasing the number of moles of gas decreasing the volume of the container increasing the speed of the gas particles decreasing the temperature inside the container
According to the ideal - gas law $PV = nRT$ (where $P$ is pressure, $V$ is volume, $n$ is the number of moles, $R$ is the ideal - gas constant, and $T$ is temperature). In a closed container, volume $V$ is constant. When $T$ decreases, and $V$ and $n$ are constant, $P$ will decrease as $P=\frac{nR}{V}T$. Increasing the number of moles $n$ increases $P$. Decreasing volume $V$ increases $P$. Increasing the speed of gas particles is equivalent to increasing temperature which increases $P$.
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