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ISBN: 9781337515863

Author: Ostdiek

Publisher: Cengage

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The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.

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Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem …

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Chapter 4, Problem 19Q

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. If Earth's atmosphere waned up and expanded to a larger total volume hut its total mass did not change, would this affect the atmospheric pleasure at sea level? Would this affect the pressure at lite top of Mount Everest? Explain.

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Solution Summary: The author explains the effect on atmospheric pressure at sea level and at the top of Mount Everest if Earth's atmosphere warmed up and expanded to a larger total mass did not change.

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