Question

As a storm from moves in, you notice that a column of mercury in a barometer rises to 736 mm. (a) Determine the air pressure. (b) If the mercury in the barometer is replaced with water, using the pressure you found in (a), to what height will the water level rise?

Answer 1

Answer:

The air pressure is 9.8 *10^4 pa

The water will rise to a height of 10.0 meter

Explanation:

Step 1: Data given

As a storm from moves in, you notice that a column of mercury in a barometer rises to 736 mm.

Step 2: Calculate the air pressure

The Pressure against the mercury column = h*d*g = 0.736 * 13593 * 9.81 = 9.8 * 10^4 Pa

Step 3: Calculate the height of the water

Let the Pressure  the water column for same pressure is h meter : -

9.8 * 10^4 = h*d*g  

=>9.8*10^4 = h*1000*9.81  

=>h = 10.0 meter

The water will rise to a height of 10.0 meter