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11.9 Exercise 3

Avg difficulty 2.5

One way to force air into an unconscious person’s lungs is to squeeze on a balloon appropriately connected to the subject. What force must you exert on the balloon with your hands to create a gauge pressure of 4.00 cm water, assuming you squeeze on an effective area of 50.0cm2\text{50} . 0 \text{cm}^{2}?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 11.9 Pressures in the Body, exercise 3

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