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Old 03-02-2008, 05:24 PM
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Please HELLLLP?????, Earth Science Question. I cannot figure THIS OUT!?

CHANGING TEMPERATURE WITH HEIGHT:

SPRING DAY: OK
Amiddle latitude city 40* N lattitude
HAS A SURFACE (SEA LEVEL) TEMP. OF 15* C
If a vertical sounding reveals a nearly constant lapse rate of 6.5*C Per KILOMETER AND A TEMPERATURE AT THE TROPOPAUSE OF _-60*C, wHAT IS THE HEIGHT of the tropopause?????

and they ask to show calculations , to the nearest tenth of a kilometer

Please this is buggin me, its not even my homework but I cannot figure it out
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