A 1.60 meter tall woman is standing at the bottom of a freshwater pool. If the bottom pool is 8.00 meters deep, what is the pressure difference between the woman's feet and the top of her head?

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Damon · Answer

rho g h = 1000 kg/m^3 * 9.81 m/s^2 * 1.6 m in Pascals depth does not matter, looking for difference

Anonymous · Answer

So does this mean that when you multpily it all, 15,969 is the pressure difference between her head and her feet?

Damon · Answer

That sounds about right. One atmosphere is about 101,325 Pascals that is about 10 meters of water so about 10,000 Pascals/meter