Before heading out onto the lake for a fishing trip, an angler checks the barometer. The pressure reads 29.82 inches of Hg. This corresponds to a pressure in atm of:

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The standard atmospheric pressure is 29.92 inches of Hg, which is equivalent to 1 atm. A reading of 29.82 inches of Hg is very close to this standard pressure, thus the correct conversion would be slightly less than 1 atm, making 0.997 atm the correct choice.

Before Heading Out onto the Lake for a Fishing Trip