Explain why a balloon bursts when too much air is blown into it.

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Being fluids, gases have a property, to exert pressure on bodies immersed in them and on the walls of the container holding them. That is the reason for which a balloon expands when air is blown into it. The air inside the balloon exerts pressure on the inner walls of the balloon. If too much air is blown into the balloon, then the balloon is incapable of withstanding the pressure and it bursts.

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