6.5 - Measuring Pressure in Liquids
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Practice Questions
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What does a manometer measure?
💡 Hint: Think about what gives liquid its pressure.
What is hydrostatic pressure?
💡 Hint: Consider the fluid is not moving.
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What device measures liquid pressure?
💡 Hint: It sounds like something related to measuring fluid.
True or False: Hydrostatic pressure decreases as depth increases.
💡 Hint: Think about pressure and how gravity works with fluids.
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Challenge Problems
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A U-tube manometer shows a liquid height difference of 0.6 m for a liquid with a density of 1200 kg/m³. What is the pressure difference represented?
💡 Hint: Remember the formula for calculating pressure.
If the pressure measured at the bottom of a tank is 30 kPa, and the tank is filled with oil (density 850 kg/m³), how deep is the oil in the tank?
💡 Hint: Think about how to rearrange the formula to solve for depth.
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