Hello. This problem is for homework and it's not graded for correctness, but I don't know how to solve it and it's quite bugging me. I've even asked my math tutor and she wasn't sure either... T__T
This is a problem from Calculus AB, in the chapter titled "Logarithmic, Exponential, and Other Transcendental Functions"
Here is the problem:
Air pressure~
Under ideal conditions, air pressure decreases continuously wiht height above sea level at a rate proportional to the pressure at that height. If the barometer reads 30 inches at sea level and 15 inches at 18,000 feet, find the barometric pressure at 35, 000 feet.
*I tried using proportions...but that wasn't the right answer. According to the book, the correct answer is "about 7.79 inches"
Thank you very very much in advance!
2007-09-01
15:56:54
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