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document.write( "Atmospheric Pressure The atmospheric pressure p on a balloon or plane decreases with increasing height. This pressure, measured in millimeters of mercury, is related to the height h(in kilometers) above sea level by the function\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p(h) = 760e–0.145h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) Find the atmospheric pressure at a height of 2 kilometers (over a mile). <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) What is it at a height of 10 kilometers (over 30,000 feet)? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p(h) = 760e–0.145h<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) Find the atmospheric pressure at a height of 2 kilometers (over a mile).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p(2) = 760e-0.145(2) = 760e-0.290 ml<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) What is it at a height of 10 kilometers (over 30,000 feet)?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p(10) = 760e-0.145(10)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p(10) = 760e-1.45<BR>\n" );
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