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Why does my bag of chips expand at high altitude?

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Why does a sealed bag of chips expand when you take it to a higher altitude?

the higher the altitude, the less pressure there is inside the bag. Check out Bole's law


Why at high altitude packets of chips are tight?

because of high altitude. The pressure is less at higher altitudes so the air trapped in the bag expands making the bag feel tight.


What would happen to a sealed bag of chips left in the sun?

the bag inside the bag would expand D:


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Will the center of a tornado expand or contract a bag of potato chips?

Since tornadoes generate low pressure a sealed bag would expand inside of one.


Why does a bag of chips puff up when you take them to mammoth?

A bag of chips will puff up when it is taken to mammoth because the bag has a pressure of 1 ATM usually when packaged, but when it gets to a higher altitude, the pressure of the air around it is less than inside the bag thus causing an increase in volume.


How many 16oz bags of chips for 30?

Whatever it says on the bag, or if you can't read weigh yourself with the bag of chips then weigh yourself without the bag of chips and the difference is the weight of the bag of chips. Or you could just weigh the bag of chips, genious!


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How much does lay's chips cost?

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What would happen to a bag of chips at an altitude of 30000 ft?

Since the bag is packed and sealed in ground-level atmospheric pressure, it gets round and firm like a little foil balloon in the reduced air pressure at altitude. When it's opened, there's a little "tssss" as a bit of the air inside the bag rushes out into the lower pressure. If the bag is inside an airliner at 30,000 ft, it is immediately torn open and the chips eaten; nobody notices or pauses to reflect on the fine points of air pressure and atmospheric science.


How many grams of chips are there in a bag of lazy chips?

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