A tall cylinder whose height is h=12.1 cm is initially filled with water (1.00 g/cm³) up to h-4.89 cm. Oil (0.842 g/cm³) is then poured into the cylinder up to the brim of the cylinder. What is the absolute pressure at the bottom of the cylinder? Oil hc Water 102778 Pa 102374 Pa O O 1074 Pa 1478 Pa hw
Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
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Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
A tall cylinder whose height is hc=12.1 cm is initially filled with water (1.00 g/cm3) up to hw=4.89 cm. Oil (0.842 g/cm3) is then poured into the cylinder up to the brim of the cylinder. What is the absolute pressure at the bottom of the cylinder?
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