Barometric Height Altitude Calculation

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Barometric Height Altitude Calculation

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The barometric height at sea level is 76cm of mercury while at a point on a highland it is 74cm of mercury. What is the altitude of the point? (Take g = 10m/s² , density of mercury = 13600kg/m³ and density of air as 1.25kg/m³)

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