Atmospheric pressure decays exponentially as altitude


Question: Atmospheric pressure decays exponentially as altitude increases. With pressure, P, in inches of mercury and altitude, h, in feet above sea level, we have

P = 30e-3.23x10-5h

(a) At what altitude is the atmospheric pressure 25 inches of mercury?

(b) A glider measures the pressure to be 25 inches of mercury and experiences a pressure increase of 0.1 inches of mercury per minute. At what rate is it changing altitude?

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