You are riding a moving car equipped with an aneroid barometer. You observed that the atmospheric pressure in San Jose City is 1000 mb and the atmospheric pressure over Munoz is found to be at 1050 mb. Assuming that both towns are of equal elevation and the average distance between the two towns is 15 km, what is the pressure gradient?

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You are riding a moving car equipped with an aneroid barometer. You observed
that the atmospheric pressure in San Jose City is 1000 mb and the atmospheric
pressure over Munoz is found to be at 1050 mb. Assuming that both towns are of
equal elevation and the average distance between the two towns is 15 km, what
is the pressure gradient?
Transcribed Image Text:You are riding a moving car equipped with an aneroid barometer. You observed that the atmospheric pressure in San Jose City is 1000 mb and the atmospheric pressure over Munoz is found to be at 1050 mb. Assuming that both towns are of equal elevation and the average distance between the two towns is 15 km, what is the pressure gradient?
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