In the question "Alcohol has a specific gravity of 0.79. If a barometer consisting of an open-ended tube placed in a dish of alcohol is used at sea level, to what height in the tube will the alcohol rise?", how and why is the air pressure balanced out by the column of liquid alcohol (the solution gave no explanation for this). The correct answer for the question is 13.1m

In the question "Alcohol has a specific gravity of 0.79. If a barometer consisting of an open-ended tube placed in a dish of alcohol is used at sea level, to what height in the tube will the alcohol rise?", how and why is the air pressure balanced out by the column of liquid alcohol (the solution gave no explanation for this). The correct answer for the question is 13.1m

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