Question

2. At a given place, a mercury barometer records a
pressure of 0.70 m of Hg. What would be the
height of water column if mercury in barometer
is replaced by water ? Take density of mercury to be
13.6 x 103 kg m-3
Ans. 9.52 m​

Answer 1

ANSWER

Relative density =

height of mercury

height of water

⇒13.6=

0.70

height of water

height of water=13.6×0.70=9.52m