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From about 12 to 20 km, the temperature in the stratosphere is constant at 217 K. Assuming the pressure at 12 km to be 19.4 kPa, approxim

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Problem 17RQ: At a constant pressure, how does a volume of gas vary with respect to the absolute temperature?

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