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Why aren't interactions between molecules of an ideal gas and walls of container negligible?

In the ideal gas, the volume of a molecule and the interactions between the molecules are assumed to be negligible. Why aren't the interactions between the molecules and the walls of the container assumed to be negligible? Why are they much larger than those between molecules?

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