Comments on: Find height of a building using barometer https://misual.life/2006/09/30/find-height-of-a-building-using-barometer/ wateva........ Fri, 14 Jul 2017 04:34:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 By: xxx https://misual.life/2006/09/30/find-height-of-a-building-using-barometer/comment-page-1/#comment-4430 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:43:40 +0000 https://misual.life/?p=460#comment-4430 height = (RT/Mg)ln(Pground/Pheight)

See derivation of the hypsometric equation here

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]]> By: Sandman https://misual.life/2006/09/30/find-height-of-a-building-using-barometer/comment-page-1/#comment-4375 Sun, 01 Oct 2006 07:25:12 +0000 https://misual.life/?p=460#comment-4375 well, atmospheric pressure varies with different altitude, so I guess thats why the person was given a barometer, although I don’t think people use barometers to measure altitudes (help me out here physics studs).

The moral of this story is to think outside the box I guess… :-)

Kinda reminds me of my Statistics (Quantitative Methods) Prof who always used to say “I will give you marks only for your methodology and not on whether you arrive at the correct answer or not”. Damn I always used to flunk that course because of that. :-(

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]]> By: undone https://misual.life/2006/09/30/find-height-of-a-building-using-barometer/comment-page-1/#comment-4374 Sun, 01 Oct 2006 06:20:13 +0000 https://misual.life/?p=460#comment-4374 Y a barometer? it didnt really measure the altitude. I dont get it.

*scratching thick head*

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]]> By: myself https://misual.life/2006/09/30/find-height-of-a-building-using-barometer/comment-page-1/#comment-4355 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:01:54 +0000 https://misual.life/?p=460#comment-4355 hehehe……….smart answer

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]]> By: Sjogren https://misual.life/2006/09/30/find-height-of-a-building-using-barometer/comment-page-1/#comment-4352 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 07:37:47 +0000 https://misual.life/?p=460#comment-4352 Brilliant answerssssssss……

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