College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 9 - Problems - Page 361: 19

Answer

We can suck water up a straw to a height of $1.02~m$

Work Step by Step

The gauge pressure is 10 kPa. We can calculate the height difference $h$ for this gauge pressure: $\rho gh = 10~kPa$ $h = \frac{10~kPa}{\rho ~g}$ $h = \frac{10~\times 10^3~N/m^2}{(10^3~kg/m^3)(9.80~m/s^2)}$ $h = 1.02~m$ We can suck water up a straw to a height of $1.02~m$.
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