Atmospheric pressure The pressure of Earths atmosphere at

Chapter 6, Problem 27

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Atmospheric pressure The pressure of Earths atmosphere at sea level is approximately 1000 millibars and decreases exponentially with elevation. At an elevation of 30,000 ft (approximately the altitude of Mt. Everest), the pressure is one-third the sea-level pressure. At what elevation is the pressure half the sea-level pressure? At what elevation is it 1% of the sea-level pressure?

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