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Yes. More air in the Basketball will make it bounce higher.

Yes. Replacing the air with even a lighter gasses, such as helium, results in a higher bounce.

It follows that, removing air or using heavier gasses to inflate a ball will result in a lower bounce.

YES. Adding more air to the ball lessens the particles in the ball to bounce around.

Putting more air in a basket ball will definitely make it bounce higher. If you put light gasses in it like helium then it will bounce even higher. If you take air out of it, it will bounce lower.After a while of putting air in a basketball it starts to bounce lower.

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