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Old August 7th 07, 06:19 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Physics Quiz Question

On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:05:17 -0500, Dallas wrote:

An increase in temperature will result in a higher atmospheric pressure - a
higher temperature speeds up the movement of the air molecules, thereby
raising the pressure they exert on the surrounding atmosphere.
A) True B) False


The origin of the question comes from the current edition of the Jeppesen
Private Pilot manual.

Here's the exact text:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...allas/Jep1.jpg

Which would seem to imply that the answer is true.

If you're wondering if it's out of context, here's all the text on the
page:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...allas/Jep2.jpg


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