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A sealed glass lightbulb is filled with argon gas.

A diagram of a sealed glass lightbulb filled with argon gas. Inside the bulb, several small spheres representing argon atoms are shown with arrows indicating rapid, random motion. Some atoms are depicted colliding with the inner glass surface of the bulb.

Explain, in terms of particles, how the argon gas exerts a pressure on the glass walls of the bulb.

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