2 Pascal’s Principle An Olympic swimming pool is 50 m long, 25 m wide, and 2...

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2 Pascal’s Principle
An Olympic swimming pool is 50 m long, 25 m wide, and 2 mdeep.
(a) Make a plot of pressure as a function of depth in the pool, for0 ≤ y ≤ 2 m.
(b) What is the pressure on the bottom of the pool?
(c) What is the total force on the bottom of the pool — the 25 m ×50 m surface?
(d) What is the total force on one end of the pool — one of the 25m × 2 m surfaces?
(e) What is the total force on one side of the pool — one of the 50m × 2 m surfaces?

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Pascals principlealso known as Pascals law states that when a change in pressureis applied to an enclosed fluid it is transmitted undiminished toall portions of the fluid and to the walls of its container In anenclosed fluid since atoms of the fluid are free to    See Answer
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