Water 15.0 cm Mercury

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A U-shaped tube open to
the air at both ends contains some
mercury. A quantity of water is carefully
poured into the left arm of the
U-shaped tube until the vertical
height of the water column is 15.0 cm
(Fig. ). (a) What is the gauge
pressure at the water–mercury interface?
(b) Calculate the vertical distance
h from the top of the mercury in
the right-hand arm of the tube to the
top of the water in the left-hand arm. 

Water
15.0 cm
Mercury
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