A Valve is between two inequally inflated balloons. If we open the Valve, the air from the bigger balloon should go to the smaller one to make them equal, instead all the air goes in the bigger one.

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Please be gentle. I am not that smart.

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Answer 1

Because you’re not just dealing with two, static yet differently sized containers. The latex of the balloons themselves are under tension, and trying to squeeze themselves back down to their normal size. They are both squeezing down with equal force (assuming the same material, etc), but since the more inflated balloon is applying that pressure over a larger area, it loses to the smaller balloon’s squeezing force.