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Mount Everest Rises to a Height of 8 ×\times 103 M Above Sea Level

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Mount Everest rises to a height of 8.850 ×\times 103 m above sea level.At this height,the atmospheric pressure is 231 mm Hg.At what temperature (in \circ C) does water boil at the summit of Mount Everest? The vapor pressure of water at 373 K is 760.0 mm Hg.( Δ\Delta vap \circ for H2O = 40.7 kJ/mol and R = 8.314 J/K.mol)


A) 4.07 \circ C
B) 69.0 \circ C
C) 72 \circ C
D) 87 \circ C
E) 364 \circ C

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