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Early explorers often estimated altitude by measuring the temperature of boiling water. Use the following two equations to make a table that modernday hikers could use for the same purpose.
where p is atmospheric pressure in inches of mercury, Tbis boiling temperature in °F, and h is altitude in feet. The table should have two columns, the first altitude and the second boiling temperature. The altitude should
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