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ISBN: 9780321625915

Author: Douglas C. Giancoli

Publisher: PEARSON

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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 …

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Chapter 10, Problem 74GP

Intravenous transfusions are often made under gravity, as shown in Fig. 10-55 O. Assuming the fluid has a density of 1.00 g/cm³_t at what height hshould the bottle be placed so the liquid pressure is (a) 52 mm-Hg, and (b) 680 mm-H₂o? (c) If the blood pressure is 75 mm-Hg above atmospheric pressure, how high should the bottle be placed so that the fluid just barely enters the vein?

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