The day after a hurricane, the barometric pressure in a coastal town has risen to 209.7 inches of mercury, which is 2.9 includes of mercury higher than the pressure when the eye of the hurricane passed over. What was the pressure when the eye passed over?
1 Answer
Feb 4, 2018
206.8 inches of mercury.
Explanation:
If the given is 2.9 inches higher, subtract 2.9 from 209.7.
So the pressure when the eye of the storm passed over was 206.8 inches of mercury.
