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If air pressure is reduced by one-half for every five-kilometer increase in altitude, what would be the air pressure at a height of 25 kilometers as a fraction of sea-level air pressure?
 
  A) 1/32 B) 1/16 C) 1/64 D) 1/8

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Continental tropical (cT) air masses are associated with summer drought conditions in the southern Great Plains.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false


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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Reply 2 on: Jul 14, 2018
Excellent

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