A fountain sends water to a height of 50 m. What must be the pressurization (above atmospheric) of the underground water system? (1 atm = 105 N/m2)

a. 1 atm
c. 7.2 atm
b. 4.9 atm
d. 9.8 atm


B

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a.
straight north
b.
straight east
c.
straight south
d.
straight west
e.
straight up, directly overhead

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A. Air contracts as pressure decreases B. Air expands as pressure decreases C. Nonsense, the density of air is constant. D. Nonsense, the density of air increases as altitude increases.

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The Sun lives in which component of the Milky Way?

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