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ISBN: 9780321976444

Author: James S. Walker

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 15, Problem 102GP

A round wooden log with a diameter of 73 cm floats with one-half of its radius out of the water. What is the log’s density?

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