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Chapter 17, Problem 7GST
(a)
To determine
The lines representing the air pressure and wind speed and the way in which it was figured out.
(b)
To determine
From the graph, the maximum wind speed of the storm in knots and converts it to kilometers per hour by multiplying with
1.85
.
(c)
To determine
The lowest pressure attained by Hurricane Rita from the given graph.
(d)
To determine
The highest category reached by the wind speed in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale and the day corresponding to it.
(e)
To determine
The category of Hurricane Rita when the landfall took place.
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Ch. 17.1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 17.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 17.1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 17.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 17.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 17.2 - Prob. 3CCCh. 17.3 - Prob. 1CCCh. 17.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 17.3 - Prob. 3CCCh. 17.4 - Prob. 1CC
Ch. 17.4 - Prob. 2CCCh. 17.4 - Prob. 3CCCh. 17.5 - Prob. 1CCCh. 17.5 - Prob. 2CCCh. 17.6 - Prob. 1CCCh. 17.6 - Prob. 2CCCh. 17.6 - Prob. 3CCCh. 17.6 - Prob. 4CCCh. 17.7 - Prob. 1CCCh. 17.7 - Prob. 2CCCh. 17.7 - Prob. 3CCCh. 17.7 - Prob. 4CCCh. 17.7 - Prob. 5CCCh. 17.8 - Prob. 1CCCh. 17.8 - Prob. 2CCCh. 17.8 - Prob. 3CCCh. 17 - Prob. 1GSTCh. 17 - Prob. 2GSTCh. 17 - Prob. 3GSTCh. 17 - Prob. 4GSTCh. 17 - Prob. 5GSTCh. 17 - Prob. 6GSTCh. 17 - Prob. 7GSTCh. 17 - Prob. 8GSTCh. 17 - Prob. 9GST
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