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27. Calculate the pressure exerted on your finger if you hold up a 15-lb box of apples. Assume 3" long finger of 0.5" width. 28. What is the pressure exerted by your finger if you hold back water leaking through a hole in a dike, as shown in Figure 8.29? (1atm = 29.9" of Hg = 33.9ft of H2O, if that helps.) 30. A swimming pool measures 10m ( 7m ... ................
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