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Originally Posted by RWebb View Post
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3. When you place a tire pressure gauge on your tire and measure a number like 30 psi, that’s not the actual air pressure in your tire. What is the actual air pressure in your tire?...
do you mean to ask "total pressure" rather than "actual" pressure? . ...or are you thinking to subtract the partial pressure of the tire 'stink' inside the tire (which isn't pressure due to "air") ?

... because "actual [gauge] air pressure in your tire" is still "actual air pressure in your tire" and is more easily known than total pressure (where you would have to know temp, altitude...)
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