Latent heat, liquid-gas transition, stat mech with gravity

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Problem solved.

Homework Statement


The boiling point of a certain liquid is 95OC at the top of a mountain
and 105OC at the bottom. Its latent heat is 1000 cal/mole. Calculate the
height of mountain.
It's Q4 of chapter 15 in Statistical Mechanics by S.K. Ma

Homework Equations


it should be the Clausius-Clapeyron Equation

The Attempt at a Solution


I tried to use the canonical partition function to derive the pressure in terms of height, and then plug it into the Clausius-Clapeyron Equation, but it is not successful.
 
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as the pressure at height z is P(z) = P(0) exp ( - mgz / kT )
I plug it into the Clausius-Clapeyron Equation and found that it depends on m, the mass of the liquid molecule, which is not given