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Draw the diagram with measurements as follows:

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a)

Write the volume balance equation for the reservoirs

Here, is the volume of large reservoir, is the volume of small reservoir, is the diameter
of large container, d is the diameter of tube, and H is the movement of reservoir.

Write the balance of pressure from the figure.

...... (1)

Here, is the acceleration due to gravity.

Substitute for .

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Therefore, the equation is .

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Write the equation when the small displacement is ignored, from equation (1)

Neglect the H term.

Therefore, the equation is reduced to .

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Calculate the error.

Substitute for and for .

c)

Calculate the ratio of diameters in percentage , for error one percent.

Substitute for .

Therefore, the ratio of in this case is .

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Calculate the ratio of diameters in percentage , for error 0.1 percent.

Substitute for .

Therefore, the ratio of in this case is .

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