Physics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Fluids - Problems - Page 310: 37

Answer

850810 Nm

Work Step by Step

We can write the torque that the plunger creates about the axis shown in the figure, $\tau=Fl=PAl$ ; Let's plug known values into this equation. $\tau=(35.4-1.01)10^{5}N/m^{2}\times\pi(0.15\space m)^{2}(3.5\space m)=850810\space Nm$
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