College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 9 - Conceptual Questions - Page 359: 20

Answer

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Work Step by Step

The reading on the scale remains the same. As the weight of water and bottle are the same before and after squeezing, hence the scale reading remains the same. However, the pressure at the bottom decreases because the column of water in the bottle increases after squeezing.
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