Atmospheric Pressure at the Surface of Mars Compared with Atmospheric

question 46

Multiple Choice

Atmospheric pressure at the surface of Mars compared with atmospheric pressure at the Earth's surface is:

• A) about 90 times greater.
• B) less than 1/100.
• C) extremely small (less than 1 millionth).
• D) about the same.

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Hypothesize

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A situation in statistical analysis where the means being compared are not independent from each other, often because they come from the same group of subjects measured at different times.