70 (a). Problem 15.27E (HRW) To suck lemonade of density 1000 kg/m-3up a straw to a maximum height of 4 cm, what minimum gauge pressure must be produced in the lungs? |
Solution: Click For PDF Version Pressure in the lung plus the pressure due to 4 cm column of lemonade of density 1000 kg/m-3 has to be equal to the atmospheric pressure in order that we may be able to suck lemonade using a straw to a maximum height of 4 cm. This condition gives the algebraic relation . Solving this equation, we find
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