
Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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ISBN: 9781285741550
Author: James Stewart
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8.3, Problem 18E
Suppose that a plate is immersed vertically in a fluid with density ρ and the width of the plate is w(x) at a depth of x meters beneath the surface of the fluid. If the top of the plate is at depth a and the bottom is at depth b, show that the hydrostatic force on one side of the plate is
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Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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