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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Question of fluid mechanics: why gauge pressure instead of absolute pressure is used in calculation of questions concerning linear momentum of a controlled volume?

OpenStudy (mikurout):

Gauge pressure directly says how pressure of our system is varying with atmospheric pressure.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Because the atmospheric pressure is the same at the locations of fluid moving in and out of the controlled volume.

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