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What happens to air pressure and density as altitude increases in the atmosphere?

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They both are decreasing with increasing altitude.

Remember, it depends on the layer of atmosphere... like in Troposphere it's decreases then in stratosphere it increases

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As altitude increases, the air pressure decreases.
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