The unusual glassware (right) shows how the levels of a liquid equilibrates to t
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Question
The unusual glassware (right) shows how the levels of a liquid equilibrates to the same height when the top of each glass tube is open to atmosphere.
What does this imply for the absolute pressures inside the fluid indicated at position A and B?
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The unusual glassware (right) shows how the levels of a liquid equilibrates to the same height when the top of each glass tube is open to atmosphere.
What does this imply for the absolute pressures inside the fluid indicated at position A and B?
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Explanation / Answer
answer is B
reason is hydrostatic paradox
height of the water in any container is independent of the shape of the container.
it is only the height of the fluid relative to ground which determines the pressure,
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