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I can convert it, I was given ##10^5 Pa##, that's 750,062 Torr, but I think he just wanted to make it easier to calculate in SI...

I only know that the force that comes from the difference of the inner and outer pressure equals that of the Mercury column inside the pipe. But I don't know how to calculate with this as long as I don't have the density of Mercury, which I won't at the exam. Is that something I should learn or...

Homework Statement We have a pipe open at both ends and having the length of 1 meter. After putting it into a tub of Mercury and thus filling it to the half, we close the upper end of it, and then remove it from the tub. What is the height of the residual column of the Mercury in the pipe...