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Ape Man in a movie is shown evading his captors by hiding underwater for many minutes while breathing through a long reed. Assuming the maximum pressure difference lungs can manage and still breathe is -80 mm-Hg , calculate the deepest he could have been.
I immediately thought of P = p*g*h, where p = density. h is the depth, but this is for gauge pressure. Do I use the formula for absolute pressure P = atmospheric pressure + pgh?
Am I correct in my reasoning?
Thanks.
I immediately thought of P = p*g*h, where p = density. h is the depth, but this is for gauge pressure. Do I use the formula for absolute pressure P = atmospheric pressure + pgh?
Am I correct in my reasoning?
Thanks.