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Q. Variation of atmospheric pressure, with height from earth is

Kinetic Theory

Solution:

Variation of atmospheric pressure due to height is given by the barometric formula
$P_{h}=P_{0} e^{-m g h / R T}$
Hence the decrease will be exponential.