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Crude oil of density fills a storage tank open to the atmosphere
PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation
Problem
Crude oil of density
800
kg
m
−
3
800\,\text{kg\,m}^{-3}
800
kg
m
−
3
fills a storage tank open to the atmosphere. Calculate the absolute pressure at a point
5
m
5\,\text{m}
5
m
below the oil surface. (Take atmospheric pressure
=
1.01
×
10
5
Pa
=1.01\times10^{5}\,\text{Pa}
=
1.01
×
1
0
5
Pa
and
g
=
9.8
m
s
−
2
g = 9.8\,\text{m\,s}^{-2}
g
=
9.8
m
s
−
2
.)
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