Problem 14.2: Mercury barometer
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A tube contains a column of mercury while the bottom container of mercury is open to the atmosphere to form a mercury barometer (position is given in tenths of meters and pressure given in pascals). What is the atmospheric pressure? Restart.
Problem authored by Anne J. Cox.
Physlets were developed at Davidson College and converted from Java to JavaScript using the SwingJS system developed at St. Olaf College.
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