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The air pressure inside a submarine is 1.24 atm. What would be the height of a column of mercury (mm Hg) balanced by this pressure

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Since one atmosphere is 29.9213 inches of mercury, we can simply find this by taking 29.9213 and multiplying that by 1.24. You end up with 37.102412 inches of mercury. I hope this helps you out, and good luck on the rest of your homework.
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