The height of the mercury column in a barometer is found to be 67.0 cm at a certain place. What would be the height of...

      

The height of the mercury column in a barometer is found to be 67.0 cm at a certain place. What would be the height of a water barometer at the same place? (Densities of mercury and water are 1.36 × 104 kg/m3 and 1.0 × 103 kg/m3 respectively.)

  

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Raphael
Let the pressure due to water be h1p1g1 = h p g, hence; h1 = h p / p 1= (6.7 × 10-1) × (1.36 × 104) = 911.2 cm or 9.11 m.
raphael answered the question on October 9, 2018 at 07:17


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