Fluid Mechanics
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780073398273
Author: Frank M. White
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.22P
The fuel gage for a gasoline tank in a car reads proportional to the bottom gage pressure as in Fig. P2.22. If the tank is 30 cm deep and accidentally contains 2 cm of water plus gasoline, how many centimeters of air remain at the top when the gage erroneously reads "full"?
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