(a) How high in meters must a column of glycerol be toexert a pressure equal to that of a 760-mm column ofmercury? The density of glycerol is 1.26 g/mL, whereasthat of mercury is 13.6 g/mL. (b) What pressure, in atmospheres,is exerted on the body of a diver if she is 15ft below the surface of the water when the atmosphericpressure is 750 torr? Assume that the density of the wateris 1.00 g>cm3 = 1.00 * 103 kg>m3. The gravitational constantis 9.81 m>s2, and 1 Pa = 1 kg>m@s2.

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(a) How high in meters must a column of glycerol be to
exert a pressure equal to that of a 760-mm column of
mercury? The density of glycerol is 1.26 g/mL, whereas
that of mercury is 13.6 g/mL. (b) What pressure, in atmospheres,
is exerted on the body of a diver if she is 15
ft below the surface of the water when the atmospheric
pressure is 750 torr? Assume that the density of the wateris 1.00 g>cm3 = 1.00 * 103 kg>m3. The gravitational constant
is 9.81 m>s2, and 1 Pa = 1 kg>m@s2.

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