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A diver goes under water and measures the pressure. At some point his instruments read a pressure of 50,000 Pa. How deep did the diver go in
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A diver goes under water and measures the pressure. At some point his instruments read a pressure of 50,000 Pa. How deep did the diver go in meters? The density of water is 1000 kg/m^3. (Write the number only with 1 significant figure)
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2021-08-19T18:24:37+00:00
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Answer:
Explanation:
The pressure of a Fluid
A fluid of density exerts pressure at a distance y (deep) given by
Where g is the acceleration of gravity or
This formula computes the pressure assuming the initial pressure is 0 at fluid (water in this case) level.
Knowing the measured pressure, we can know how deep the diver went by solving the equation for y
Let’s plug in the given values
Thus