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Chapter 10: Fluids

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Physics Principles with Applications
Pages: 260 - 291
Physics Principles with Applications

Physics Principles with Applications

Book edition 7th
Author(s) Douglas C. Giancoli
Pages 978 pages
ISBN 978-0321625922

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128 Questions for Chapter 10: Fluids

  1. A scuba diver and her gear displace a volume of 69.6 L and have a total mass of 72.8 kg.

    Found on Page 260

  2. (I) What is the difference in blood pressure (mm-Hg) between the top of the head and bottom of the feet of a 1.75-m-tall person standing vertically?

    Found on Page 260

  3. Will an empty balloon have precisely the same apparent weight on a scale as a balloon filled with air? Explain.

    Found on Page 260

  4. (I) (a) Calculate the total force of the atmosphere acting on the top of a table that measures 1.7m× 2.6m. (b) What is the total force acting upward on the underside of the table?

    Found on Page 260

  5. (I) (a) Calculate the total force of the atmosphere acting on the top of a table that measures 1.7m× 2.6m. (b) What is the total force acting upward on the underside of the table?

    Found on Page 260

  6. Why do you float higher in salt water than in freshwater?

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  7. (II) How high would the level be in an alcohol barometer at normal atmospheric pressure?

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  8. Why does the stream of water from a faucet become narrower as it falls (Fig. 10–43)?

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  9. (II) In a movie, Tarzan evades his captors by hiding underwater for many minutes while breathing through a long, thin reed. Assuming the maximum pressure difference his lungs can manage and still breathe is –85 mm-Hg, calculate the deepest he could have been.

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  10. Children are told to avoid standing too close to a rapidly moving train because they might get sucked under it. Is this possible? Explain.

    Found on Page 260

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