Chapter 10: Q16Q (page 260)
Two ships moving in parallel paths close to one another risk colliding. Why?
Short Answer
Due to the pressure difference between the ships and outside them, the ships will be at risk of colliding.
/*! This file is auto-generated */ .wp-block-button__link{color:#fff;background-color:#32373c;border-radius:9999px;box-shadow:none;text-decoration:none;padding:calc(.667em + 2px) calc(1.333em + 2px);font-size:1.125em}.wp-block-file__button{background:#32373c;color:#fff;text-decoration:none}
Learning Materials
Features
Discover
Chapter 10: Q16Q (page 260)
Two ships moving in parallel paths close to one another risk colliding. Why?
Due to the pressure difference between the ships and outside them, the ships will be at risk of colliding.
All the tools & learning materials you need for study success - in one app.
Get started for free
(II)A 6.0 cm diameter horizontal pipe gradually narrows to 4.5 cm. When water flows through this pipe at a certain rate, the gauge pressure in these two sections is 33.5 kPa and 22.6 kPa, respectively. What is the volume rate of flow?
(III) The Earth is not a uniform sphere, but has regions of varying density. Consider a simple model of the Earth divided into three regions鈥攊nner core, outer core, and mantle. Each region is taken to have a unique constant density (the average density of that region in the real Earth):

(a) Use this model to predict the average density of the entire Earth. (b) If the radius of the Earth is 6380 km and its mass is 5.98 脳 1024Kg, determine the actual average density of the Earth and compare it (as a percent difference) with the one you determined in (a).
(II) The gauge pressure in each of the four tires of an automobile is 240 kPa. If each tire has a 鈥渇ootprint鈥 of 190cm2 (area touching the ground), estimate the mass of the car.
(II) How many helium-filled balloons would it take to lift a person? Assume the person has a mass of \({\rm{72 kg}}\)and that each helium-filled balloon is spherical with a diameter of\(33\;{\rm{cm}}\).
Roofs of houses are sometimes 鈥渂lown鈥 off (or are they pushed off?) during a tornado or hurricane. Explain using Bernoulli鈥檚 principle.
What do you think about this solution?
We value your feedback to improve our textbook solutions.