A Container Is Filled with Water and the Pressure at the Container

question 45

Multiple Choice

A container is filled with water and the pressure at the container bottom is P. If the container is instead filled with oil having a density of 0.80 that of water, what new bottom pressure results?

• A) a pressure < P
• B) the same pressure P
• C) a pressure > P
• D) This is unable to be determined with the information given.

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