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11.9 Exercise 4

Avg difficulty 2.5

Heroes in movies hide beneath water and breathe through a hollow reed (villains never catch on to this trick). In practice, you cannot inhale in this manner if your lungs are more than 60.0 cm below the surface. What is the maximum negative gauge pressure you can create in your lungs on dry land, assuming you can achieve −3.00 cm- 3.00 cm water pressure with your lungs 60.0 cm below the surface?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 11.9 Pressures in the Body, exercise 4

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