Find what minimum height must your barometer have

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Your science teacher has assigned you the task of building a water barometer. You have learned that the pressure of the atmosphere can vary by as much as 5 percent from 1 standard atmosphere as the weather changes.

a) Find what minimum height must your barometer have?

b) One stormy day the TV weather person says "The barometric pressure this afternoon is a low 29.55 inches." Find the height of the water in your barometer.

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