Using the equations for the Barometric Law and temperature decrease from adiabatic expansion (found in the lecture, calculate the atmospheric temperature at 5 km. Assume dry air, i.e. gamma equal to 1.4, temperature at the surface is 288 K. Group of answer choices These laws cannot predict the temperature at 5 km. 288 K 148 K 243 K

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Using the equations for the Barometric Law and temperature decrease from adiabatic expansion (found in the lecture, calculate the atmospheric temperature at 5 km. Assume dry air, i.e. gamma equal to 1.4, temperature at the surface is 288 K.

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These laws cannot predict the temperature at 5 km.

288 K

148 K

243 K 

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