If you could please show how you arrive at your solution it would help greatly.

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If you could please show how you arrive at your solution it would help greatly. And thank you in advance!

A manometer connected to a tank reads 61 kPa at a location where the atmospheric pressure is 85.1 cmHg. The density of mercury is 13,600 kg/m3. What is the height h in unit of meters in the following manometer illustration?

If you could please show how you arrive at your solution it would help greatly. And thank you in advance! A manometer connected to a tank reads 61 kPa at a location where the atmospheric pressure is 85.1 cmHg. The density of mercury is 13,600 kg/m3. What is the height h in unit of meters in the following manometer illustration?

Explanation / Answer

Given

P1 = P2 = Pgas = Patm + 61 kPa

Patm = 85.1 cm of Hg = 113.46 kPa

Manameter Reading = P1-Patm

Rho*g*h = 61*10^3

13600*9.8*h = 61*10^3

h = 0.46 m

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