In the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal performed the

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In the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal performed the experiment shown in Figure 13-32. A wine barrel filled with water was coupled to a long tube. Water was added to the tube until the barrel burst. The radius of the barrels lid was 20 cm and the height of the water in the tube was 12 m. (a) Calculate the force exerted on the lid due to the pressure increase. (b) If the tube had an inner radius of 3.0 mm, what mass of water in the tube caused the pressure that burst the barrel?

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