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2.4 Exercise 15

Avg difficulty 2.5

(a) Find the density in SI units of air at a pressure of 1.00 atm and a temperature of 20°C20 °\text{C}, assuming that air is 78%N2,21%O2,and1%Ar78 \% \text{N}_{2} , 21 \% \text{O}_{2} , \text{and} 1 \% \text{Ar}, (b) Find the density of the atmosphere on Venus, assuming that it’s 96%CO2and4%N296 \% \text{CO}_{2} \text{and} 4 \% \text{N}_{2}, with a temperature of 737 K and a pressure of 92.0 atm.

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