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Sep30-11, 02:39 PM   #4
 
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pressure in a submarine


Even "general physics" questions have to make sense. A submarine is made of rigid metal. The pressure on the outside (as long as it is not great enough to fracture the metal) is completely independent of the pressure on the inside.