1.9 - Simplification of the pressure expression
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What happens to pressure as you go deeper into a liquid?
💡 Hint: Think about what is above.
Define Pascal's Law in simple terms.
💡 Hint: Remember: pressure and containers.
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What element affects pressure most significantly in a liquid?
💡 Hint: Consider how weight influences pressure.
Does pressure only depend on depth in a static fluid?
💡 Hint: Think about how pressure distributes in still water.
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A submersible vehicle descends to 1000 meters. Calculate the pressure acting on its hull, assuming the density of seawater is 1025 kg/m³. What implications might underestimating this pressure have?
💡 Hint: Use the formula for calculating pressure with depth.
If you had a tank of liquid with height 5 m and opened two valves at different heights, how would the flow velocity through each valve compare?
💡 Hint: Think about how pressure relates to depth when determining speed.
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