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Given information

Given that the rate of change of atmospheric pressure  with respect to  altitude is proportional to ,

Provided that the temperature is constant.

Given at  the pressure is  at sea level and   at 

Need to calculate the pressure at an altitude of 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Analyze the given data that the rate of change of atmospheric pressure  with respect to  altitude is proportional to , where the temperature is constant.

Thus express it as

  

  

 

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