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Author: Daniel V. Schroeder

Publisher: Addison Wesley

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Chapter 1.2, Problem 15P

Estimate the average temperature of the air inside a hot-air balloon (see Figure 1.1). Assume that the total mass of the unfilled balloon and payload is 500 kg. What is the mass of the air inside the balloon?

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