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Given information

Given that the rate of change of atmospheric pressure  with respect to  altitude is proportional to .

Provided that the temperature is constant.

Given at  the pressure is  at sea level and   at 

Need to calculate the pressure at the top of Mount McKinley, at an altitude of 

Given from part(a)  

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Analyze the given data that the rate of change of atmospheric pressure  with respect to  altitude is proportional to , where the temperature is constant.

Thus express it as

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