The main water line enters a house on the first floor. The line has a gauge pressure of 2.10 x 105 Pa. (a) A faucet on the second floor, 7.30 m above the first floor, is turned off. What is the gauge pressure at this faucet? (b) How high could a faucet be before no water would flow from it, even if the faucet were open?

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To answer this question is necessary to apply the concepts related to Bernoulli's equation. The Bernoulli-related concept describes the behavior of a liquid moving along a streamline. Pressure can be defined as the proportional ratio between height, density and gravity:

[tex]P = h\rho g[/tex]

Where,

h = Height

[tex]\rho[/tex] = Density

g = Gravity

Our values are

[tex]\rho = 1000kg/m^3 \rightarow[/tex] density of water at normal conditions

h = 7.3m

[tex]g = 9.8m/s^2[/tex]

PART A) Replacing these values to find the total pressure difference we have to

[tex]P_1 = h_1 \rho g[/tex]

[tex]P_1 = (7.3)(1000)(9.8)[/tex]

[tex]P_1 = 71540Pa[/tex]

In this way the pressure change would be subject to

[tex]\Delta = P_2-P_1[/tex]

[tex]\Delta = 2.1*10^5Pa- 0.7154*10^5Pa[/tex]

[tex]\Delta = 138460Pa[/tex]

[tex]\Delta = 0.135Mpa[/tex]

PART B) Considering the pressure gauge of the group as the ideal so that at a height H the water cannot flow even if it is open we have to,

[tex]P_2 = H\rho g[/tex]

[tex]2.1*10^5 = H (1000)(9.8)[/tex]

[tex]H = 21.42m[/tex]

Therefore the high which could a faucet be before no water would flow from it is 21.42m

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