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You are going on a day hiking trip to Yosemite and to prepare you are buying snacks at the local grocer. One of the snacks that you buy is a bag of potato chips. When you take a break during your hike and want to open a back of chips you see that the bag seems inflat and almost bursting. How can you explain this?

You are going on a day hiking trip to Yosemite and to prepare you are buying snacks at the local grocer. One of the snacks that you buy is a bag of potato chips. When you take a break during your hike and want to open a back of chips you see that the bag seems inflat and almost bursting. How can you explain this?

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You are going on a day hiking trip to Yosemite and to prepare you are buying snacks at the local grocer. One of the snacks that you buy is a bag of potato chips. When you take a break during your hike and want to open a back of chips you see that the bag seems inflat and almost bursting. How can you explain this? 

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