View Full Version : Calculate the pressure exerted by 76 column of mercy ?
zainabhassan
Aug 22, 2012, 01:29 AM
Can anyone help me with this question.. It would be a great favor :)
Thankzz in advance.. :)
ebaines
Aug 22, 2012, 05:54 AM
You can use the formula
P = \rho g h
where P = pressure, \rho = density of mercury, g= acceleration due to gravity, and h = the height of the mercury column. The quantity \rho g is equal to the weight density of the fluid (W), so depending on the data that your text book provides you may want to use P = W h .
zainabhassan
Aug 25, 2012, 01:40 AM
Then what could be the answer?
ebaines
Aug 27, 2012, 05:55 AM
Do you know the denisty of mercury? Plug it into the equation I gave you in the previous post - what do you get? If you're having difficulty show us what you've attempted to solve this and we'll help you along, but we won't give homework answers for you.