Carrying the weight of the world standing upright a person


"Carrying the weight of the world:" Standing upright, a person covers approximately 0.15m2 of Earth's surface. What is the total mass of the column of air directly overhead this person? (Answer in kg, using the method we used in class to calculate the total mass of the atmosphere, using the given area in place of 4πR2)

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