Saint Mary’s University

Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

School of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

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SUMMARIZE YOUR FINAL ANSWER WITH PROPER UNITS IN THE SPACE PROVIDED.

PROBLEM SOLVING
1. A manometer is connected to a pipe containing a liquid with a specific gravity of 0.95. Find the pressure
in the pipe, in Pascal.
Answer: _________

45cm

25cm

Hg

2. Pipe A contains a liquid of SG=1.45 at and Pipe B contains a liquid of SG=0.95. The pressures are also
shown in the figure. Determine the difference in mercury level in the differential manometer, in mm.
Answer: _________
SG=1.45

SG=0.95
3.0m

3. The barometric readings at the top of a building is 725mmHg and ate the bottom is 750mmHg,
determine the height of the building, in meters. Use the standard unit weight of air.
Answer: _________

Ptop=725 mmHg

h=?

Pbot=750 mmHg
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4. 3-32. The maximum blood pressure in the upper arm of a healthy person is about 120 mmHg. If a
vertical tube open to the atmosphere is connected to the vein in the arm of the person, determine how
high the blood will rise in the tube, in mm. Take the unit weight of the blood to be 10.3 N/m3.
Answer: _________

5. If the pressure difference between the two tanks in the figure shown is 20 kPa, calculate the value of a,
in mm and angle 𝜃, in degrees. The temperature is 20°C.
Answer: _________
Answer: _________