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Certainly the density is lower. But the gas is flowing through much faster, so more molecules in a given time will pass a given area of wall and exert more pressure (hit the wall more often) than a stationary gas of the same reduced density.
So which effect dominates?
I think the spirit in which Bill asked the question requires a conceptual, non-mathematical answer.