Chapter 6, Problem 27a

The North American record for highest recorded barometric pressure is 31.85 in Hg, set in 1989 in Northway, Alaska. Convert this pressure to each indicated unit. a. mmHg

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Hey everyone! So here we have the average pressure at Maine Sea level, which is 29.92" of mercury. Or asked what is the pressure in units of millimeters of mercury? So we have 29 0.92 inches of mercury And in one 25. millimeters. So this give us 760 millimeters of mercury. Thanks for watching my video, and I hope it was helpful.

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