Pressure and depth in a static fluid

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The discussion focuses on calculating the absolute pressure in a meat baster bulb based on the height of the basting sauce. The formula used is Pbaster = Pair - dgH, where Pair is the atmospheric pressure, d is the density of the sauce, g is the acceleration due to gravity, and H is the height of the sauce column. For a height of 0.17 m, the calculated pressure is approximately 98917.62 Pa, while for 0.10 m, it is around 99898.6 Pa. These calculations demonstrate how pressure changes with varying fluid heights in a static fluid system. Understanding these principles is essential for applications involving fluid dynamics in everyday tools.
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A meat baster consists of a squeeze bulb attached to a plastic tube. When the bulb is squeezed and released, with the open end of the tube under the surface of the basting sauce, the sauce rises in the tube to a distance h, as the drawing shows. Using 1.013 × 1055Pa for the atmospheric pressure and 1430 kg/m3 for the density of the sauce, find the absolute pressure PB in the bulb when the distance h is (a) 0.17 m and (b) 0.10 m.

Pbaster = Pair - dgH
Pbaster = 1.013 x 105 - 1430(9.8)(0.17) = 98917.62 Pa?

and second Pa is Pa = 99898.6 Pa?
 
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