Question

At 1 atm , if in the mercury coloum , mercury was replaced by water the height of the coloum would be?

Answer 1

what do u want to calculate @Yahoo!

Answer 2

and may i know that what you tried?

Answer 3

we need to find the height of mercuty colum

Answer 4

ok so what did u try ?

Answer 5

i think there is some formula

Answer 6

but i cant remember that

Answer 7

@mathslover

Answer 8

wait

Answer 9

pressure = density x g x height

Answer 10

density of water is 1.00g/cm3

Answer 11

pressure is also given 1atm ... g is 9.8 m\s^2

Answer 12

solve for h now

Answer 13

@mathslover but the asnwer should be 10336mm

Answer 14

1 meter = how much mili meter ?

Answer 15

1000

Answer 16

1.00g/cm3 = 1g / 1000 mm^3

Answer 17

@mathslover r u stuck?

Answer 18

yes too much :(

Answer 19

h1d1g = h2d2g
why are we not comparing that of water to mercury ?

Answer 20

sorry dude me no chem:/

Answer 21

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100721122540AAWBvtX

Answer 22

so u have got the answer

Answer 23

@mathslover we dont have h1 and h2 sooo

Answer 24

ok ...

Answer 25

Nop in that they have given the height

Answer 26

i linked to get idea for u

Answer 27

wait i am searching for a better idea

Answer 28

ok

Answer 29

1 atmosphere = 760 mmHg

Answer 30

yes

Answer 31

@mathslover u got it

Answer 32

yes ... some what

Answer 33

yup can u show that!!!

Answer 34

that is all written in comments lolz :( sorry i am trying a lot

Answer 35

wat u mean?

Answer 36

@quarkine is there .. no worries now

Answer 37

P2-P1= d*g*h

so h can be calculated as we know d(density),g and Pa=P2...so what is the question??
@mathslover :will try..