Find the height of the total atmosphere above the earth's surface where the atmospheric pressure is measured as 1.013*100000 Pa and density of air is 1.3kg/m³

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$p r e s s u r e i s g i v e n b y : P = h ρ g w h e r e h i s t h e h e i g h t ρ i s t h e d e n s i t y g i s a c c e l e r a t i o d u e t o g r a v i t y h = \frac{p}{ρ g} h = \frac{1.013 \times 10^{5}}{1.3 \times 10} = 10^{4} m = 10 K M$

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Find the height of the total atmosphere above the earth's surface where the atmospheric pressure is measured as 1.013*100000 Pa and density of air is 1.3kg/m3

pressure is given by:P = hρgwhere h is the height ρ is the densityg is acceleratio due to gravityh = pρgh = 1.013×1051.3×10 = 104 m = 10 KM

Find the height of the total atmosphere above the earth's surface where the atmospheric pressure is measured as 1.013*100000 Pa and density of air is 1.3kg/m³

$p r e s s u r e i s g i v e n b y : P = h ρ g w h e r e h i s t h e h e i g h t ρ i s t h e d e n s i t y g i s a c c e l e r a t i o d u e t o g r a v i t y h = \frac{p}{ρ g} h = \frac{1.013 \times 10^{5}}{1.3 \times 10} = 10^{4} m = 10 K M$