1. A pressure gage 7.0m above the bottom of a tank containing a liquid reads 64.94 kPa; another gage at height 4.0m reads 87.53 kPa. Compute the specific weight of the fluid.   Do not write the unit. You will only input the numerical answer in the space provided. Unit of the Correct Answer: N/m3   2. A cylinder glass tubing is 4.4ft long with one end closed and is immersed vertically with the open end down into a tank of cleaning solvent (S.G = 0.83) until only 4.8 inches of it remains above the liquid surface. Determine the fluid rise inside the tube. (Patm = 14.7 psi)   Do not write the unit. You will only input the numerical answer in the space provided. Unit of the Correct Answer: in   3. The diving bell has the shape of a frustum of a cone (circular) with a closed flat top and open bottom. It is lowered from the outside air into salt water (ɣ= 10.2 kN/m3). Compute the volume of air trapped inside the caisson when the water level has risen 2.50m inside? Unit of the correct answer:m^3

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1. A pressure gage 7.0m above the bottom of a tank containing a liquid reads 64.94 kPa; another gage at height 4.0m reads 87.53 kPa. Compute the specific weight of the fluid.

 

Do not write the unit. You will only input the numerical answer in the space provided.

Unit of the Correct Answer: N/m3

 

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A cylinder glass tubing is 4.4ft long with one end closed and is immersed vertically with the open end down into a tank of cleaning solvent (S.G = 0.83) until only 4.8 inches of it remains above the liquid surface. Determine the fluid rise inside the tube. (Patm = 14.7 psi)

 

Do not write the unit. You will only input the numerical answer in the space provided.

Unit of the Correct Answer: in

 

3. The diving bell has the shape of a frustum of a cone (circular) with a closed flat top and open bottom. It is lowered from the outside air into salt water (ɣ= 10.2 kN/m3). Compute the volume of air trapped inside the caisson when the water level has risen 2.50m inside?

Unit of the correct answer:m^3

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