A passenger traveling by train found that the barometer height at sea level is 76 cm of mercury while at point on the highland is 70 cm...

      

A passenger traveling by train found that the barometer height at sea level is 76 cm of mercury while at point on the highland is 70 cm of mercury. What is the altitude of the point? (take g as 10 N/kg, the density of mercury as 13600 kg/m^3 and density of air 1.25kg/m^3)

  

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joseph
Hapag = hmpmg
Ha = [(76-70)x13600x10)]/(1.25 x10)
Ha =652.8m

joseph rimiru answered the question on October 25, 2017 at 20:25


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