Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach
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Chapter 1.11, Problem 107RP
A glass tube is attached to a water pipe, as shown in Fig. 1–107. If the water pressure at the bottom of the tube is 107 kPa and the local atmospheric pressure is 99 kPa, determine how high the water will rise in the tube, in m. Take the density of water to be 1000 kg/m3.
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