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Grade 10Physical Chemistry

If at the top of a mountain the temperature is zero degree Celsius and the pressure is 0.934 atm and at the bottom of the Mountain the temperature is 30 degree Celsius and the pressure is 1 atm ,the ratio of density (considering the ideal gas situation) of air at the top, to that at the bottom of the mountain is?

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8 Years agoGrade 10
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer8 Years ago
density = (pressure * molar mass)/RT
therefore,
   Density at top   = P1M/RT1
Density at bottom = P2M/RT2
 
ratio = 1.037