Why are multivitamins the same size as other vitamins that may consist of only one vitamin or mineral?

Question

I use to take a zinc table 50mg that is the same size as my current multivitamins which has like a thousand vitamins/minerals compacted in it with relatively same amount of zinc.

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Answer 1

Because the vast majority of pills, vitamins, etc. are non-active ingredients to give them enough size to handle, make them shelf stable, to slowly dispense the active ingredient as pill gets digested, etc.