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Imagine that you are going on an airplane trip in an unpressurized plane. You are bringing aboard an air-filled pillow that you have inflated fully. Predict what will happen when you try to use the pillow while the plane is at cruising altitude.
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On the ground, the air pressure inside and outside the pillow balance one another. Atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude, so in an unpressurized plane, the air-filled pillow may explode because the air pressure inside it outweighs the external pressure.
nothing good I can guess
may or may not explode, but it's volume will definitely increase.
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