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Oops, I accidentally submitted this twice, i had already solved it in another post. Sorry.

Alright, thanks a lot delphi :D

We're looking to find the magnitude of the force on the hatch. so looks like i should throw the pressure of water into the mix, too.

I'm not 100% sure about the air pressure, so you're probably right, as for the second part, i'll quote it exactly from the question. "treat the vessel as a thin shell, ie, do not take the pressure difference between the inside and outside due to the 5.4 cm wall thickness into account"

Homework Statement We're told the density of ever material involved here, the liquid in the vessel, called "LAB", the water on the outside, and the acryllic that the vessed is made of. LAB: 860 kg/m^3 Water: 1000 kg/m^3 Acryllic: 1185kg/m^3 Also, the wall thickness of the vessel is 5.4 cm...

Homework Statement We're told the density of ever material involved here, the liquid in the vessel, called "LAB", the water on the outside, and the acryllic that the vessed is made of. LAB: 860 kg/m^3 Water: 1000 kg/m^3 Acryllic: 1185kg/m^3 Also, the wall thickness of the vessel is 5.4...