PLEASE HELP SOMEONE!!!! NEED HELP WITH CALC 2 PROBLEM A square plate with sides a is submerged vertically in water as shown. Express the hydrostatic force against one side of the plate as an integral and evaluate it. (Use delta for δ, the weight density constant.)

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simoner · Answer

CAN SOMEONE JUST HELP ME DETERMINE THE INTEGRAL?

simoner · Answer

PLEASE? I'M NOT COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM AND CANT FIND AN EXAMPLE THAT WOULD HELP EXPLAIN IT

anonymous · Answer

http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcII/HydrostaticPressure.aspx

simoner · Answer

um that didnt really help at all

anonymous · Answer

What bothers you about this explanation?

simoner · Answer

i just need a normal explanation for this problem

simoner · Answer

not a general explanation

anonymous · Answer

"A square plate with sides a is submerged vertically in water as shown". The 'as shown' means there is a graph. without it I can only guess how exactly it is placed in the water. What if it doesn't touch the surface?
So I posted an article going through that kind of problems and could work for any case =)