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  • 23-06-2016
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John has a barometer for measuring atmosphere pressure as he climbes mt. Everest the highter he gets the higher the pressure reading is this a result he should expect

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metchelle
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  • 30-06-2016

No, this is because atmospheric pressure decreases with height. Pressure is the measure of the weight of the air molecules present. The higher the altitude, the lesser air molecules there are, so the atmospheric pressure should also be lesser as well.

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