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A spherical titanium fuel tank on a deep-space probe is filled with xenon propellant gas.

A schematic diagram of a spherical titanium tank filled with xenon gas. Inside the circular boundary of the tank, several small circular particles representing xenon atoms are shown with straight motion arrows pointing in random directions to indicate rapid, random motion. Some of these particles are shown in the middle of colliding with the inner circular wall of the tank.

Explain, in terms of particles, how the xenon gas exerts a pressure on the inner walls of the titanium tank.

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