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Which statement best describes the compressibility of a gas?
Increasing the temperature of a gas decreases the pressure.
Increasing the temperature of a gas increases the pressure.
Increasing the pressure on a gas decreases the volume.
Increasing the pressure on a gas increases the volume.

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Increasing the pressure on a gas decreases the volume.

Explanation: Gases are compressible, so applying more pressure reduces their volume (Boyle's law: at constant temperature, P ∝ 1/V; or from PV = nRT).