An open beaker contains a 6.0 cm layer of oil of density floating on top of 12 cm of water
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Problem
An open beaker contains a 6.0 cm layer of oil of density 0.80gcm−3 floating on top of 12 cm of water.
Describe the qualitative shape of a graph of pressure versus depth from the air–oil surface down to the bottom of the water layer. In one or two sentences, state (i) how many straight-line segments appear and (ii) which segment has the greater slope.