When Paris was shelled from 100 km away with the WWI long-range artillery piece “Big Bertha,” the shells were fired at an angle greater than 45º to give them a greater range, possibly even twice as long as at 45º. Does that result mean that the air density at high altitudes increases with altitude or decreases?

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When Paris was shelled from 100 km away with the WWI
long-range artillery piece “Big Bertha,” the shells were fired at an
angle greater than 45º to give them a greater range, possibly even twice as long as at 45º. Does that result mean that the air density at
high altitudes increases with altitude or decreases?

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