The atmospheric pressure p on a balloon or plane decreases with increasing height. This pressure, measured in

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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

p(h) = 760e-0.145h

(a) Find the atmospheric pressure at a height of 2 kilometers (over a mile).

(b) What is it at a height of 10 kilometers (over 30,000 feet)?

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Precalculus

ISBN: 978-0321716835

9th edition

Authors: Michael Sullivan

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