Class Problems Chapter 14

16. Mercury is poured into a U-tube as in Figure P14.18a. The left arm of the
tube has cross-sectional area A1 of 10.0 cm2, and the right arm has a cross-
sectional area A2 of 5.00 cm2. One hundred grams of water are then poured into
the right arm as in Figure P14.18b. (a) Determine the length of the water column
in the right arm of the U-tube. (b) Given that the density of mercury is 13.6 g/cm3,
what distance h does the mercury rise in the left arm?

Figure P14.18

A piece of aluminum with mass 1.00 kg and density 2 700 kg/m3 is suspended
from a string and then completely immersed in a container of water (Figure
P14.25). Calculate the tension in the string (a) before and (b) after the metal is
immersed.

Figure P14.25 Problems 25 and 27

17. A hypodermic syringe contains a medicine with the density of water (Figure
P14.53). The barrel of the syringe has a cross-sectional area A = 2.50  10–5 m2,
and the needle has a cross-sectional area a = 1.00  10–8 m2. In the absence of a
force on the plunger, the pressure everywhere is 1 atm. A force F of magnitude
2.00 N acts on the plunger, making medicine squirt horizontally from the needle.
Determine the speed of the medicine as it leaves the needle’s tip.

Figure 14.53

••47  
The volume of air space in the passenger compartment of an 1800 kg car is
5.00 m3. The volume of the motor and front wheels is 0.750 m3, and the
volume of the rear wheels, gas tank, and trunk is 0.800 m3; water cannot
enter these two regions. The car rolls into a lake. (a) At first, no water enters
the passenger compartment. How much of the car, in cubic meters, is below
the water surface with the car floating (Fig. 14-43)? (b) As water slowly
enters, the car sinks. How many cubic meters of water are in the car as it
disappears below the water surface? (The car, with a heavy load in the trunk,
remains horizontal.)

Figure 14-43   Problem 47.
63. A 1.00-kg beaker containing 2.00 kg of oil (density = 916.0 kg/m3) rests on a
scale. A 2.00-kg block of iron is suspended from a spring scale and completely
submerged in the oil as in Figure P14.63. Determine the equilibrium readings of
both scales.

Figure P14.63 Problems 63 and 64

•58  The intake in Fig. 14-47 has cross-sectional area of 0.74 m2 and water flow at
0.40 m/s. At the outlet, distance D = 180 m below the in-take, the cross-
sectional area is smaller than at the intake and the water flows out at 9.5 m/s
into equipment. What is the pressure difference between inlet and outlet?
 Figure 14-47   Problem 58.

67 -   In Fig. 14-51, the fresh water behind a reservoir dam has depth D =
15 m. A horizontal pipe 4.0 cm in diameter passes through the dam at depth d =
6.0 m. A plug secures the pipe opening. (a) Find the magnitude of the frictional
force between plug and pipe wall. (b) The plug is removed. What water volume
exits the pipe in 3.0 h?

Figure 14-51   Problem 67.