College Physics
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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 13, Problem 25P
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The physical quantities that can be determined by the story of a Dutch boy who used his finger to plug a 2.0 cm (diameter) hole in a dike that was 3.0 m below sea level, thus preventing the flooding of part of Holland.
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Four containers are filled with different...Ch. 13 - Prob. 42PCh. 13 - The reading of a barometer in your room in 780 mm...Ch. 13 - How long would Torricellis barometer have had to...Ch. 13 - Prob. 45PCh. 13 - Prob. 46PCh. 13 - Prob. 47PCh. 13 - Prob. 48PCh. 13 - Draw a force diagram for an object that is...Ch. 13 - 50. Draw a cubic object that is completely...Ch. 13 - Prob. 51PCh. 13 - * Four cubes of the same volume are made of...Ch. 13 - 53. * You place four identical cubes made of oak ...Ch. 13 - kg/m3) reaches the 10-cm mark. You place an oak...Ch. 13 - 55. * A 30-g ball with volume is attached to the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 57PCh. 13 - Prob. 58PCh. 13 - 59. * You have four objects at rest, each of the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 60PCh. 13 - Prob. 61PCh. 13 - 62. * A pin through a hole in the middle supports...Ch. 13 - 63. * A meter stick is supported by a pin through...Ch. 13 - Goose on a lake A 3.6-kg goose floats on a lake...Ch. 13 - 1 floats in seawater of density 2. 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