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OpenStudy (anonymous):

At higher altitudes, the toothpaste inside its tube tends to come out. y is this so? the atmospheric pressure is lower at higher altitudes, or is it something else?

OpenStudy (shamim):

Ya u r right Higher altitude has lower atmospheric pressure

OpenStudy (anonymous):

But why does that make the toothpaste ooze out?

OpenStudy (shamim):

Pressure makes volume of toothpaste low

OpenStudy (shamim):

Low pressure makes higher volume of toothpaste

OpenStudy (shamim):

So volume of toothpaste at low pressure is higher than the volume of its container

OpenStudy (shamim):

And toothpaste comes out frm its container.

OpenStudy (shamim):

Understood?

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