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As altitude increases what happen to air pressure

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Pressure decreases, and air/oxygen become thinner.


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Answer:

As altitude increases air pressure decreases.

Step-by-step explanation:

To understand this better we need to understand the correlation between both. It is believed that depending on the altitude the air molecules quantity will vary. So, at a lower altitude, there will be a higher presence of air molecules, while at higher altitude there will be a lower presence of air molecules. Thus, the air pressure will be higher at a lower altitude than at a higher altitude. This is also the reason why travelers show altitude problems when they travel to places with different altitudes.

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