Pressure questin (fast, just to check)
h= 0.75 m density = 1.35 * 10^4 kg/m3 P=0.75*1.35*10^4*9.81 ? Do I need to change the units of density? the answer is 99,326 and seems too big
Btw...how can I calculate the total pressure of two different liquids (ex: water and oil) at the bottom of the recipient? Do I add them?
No. Atmosphere is 101,000 N/m2, for example. The liquid density is 13.5 times that of water, probably mercury. 30 inches of mercury pressure is 0.75m=75cm, and is close to typical atmospheric pressure.
So my answer is probably right...So what do I do with two different liquids? Do I add the pressure?
If one liqid is atop the other, then add the pressures by getting the pressure at the interface from the thickness and density of the top liquid and then from there adding the pressure from the other liquid down to the bottom. Pressure will be P bottom= (density1 thickness1 + density2 thickness2) (g). I don't know your geometry, but this gives you the principle.
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