Pressure in fluids and upthrust

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Question 21
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A student investigates how pressure varies with depth in a column of salt water.

A pressure probe connected to a digital datalogger is held against a meter ruler and lowered into a tall cylinder of salt water.

A tall cylinder containing salt water with a vertical meter ruler. A pressure probe connected to a digital datalogger is held at a specific depth in the solution.

Some of the readings collected by the student are shown in the table below:

Depth (m)Pressure (kPa)
0.10102.3
0.20103.4
0.30104.3
0.40105.5
0.50106.4
0.60107.5

The student has plotted some of these results on a graph, but two points are missing.

A graph with the vertical y-axis labelled 'Pressure (kPa)' from 101.0 to 108.0 with minor divisions of 0.1 kPa, and the horizontal x-axis labelled 'Depth (m)' from 0.00 to 0.70 with minor divisions of 0.02 m. Four points are plotted with crosses at: (0.10, 102.3), (0.20, 103.4), (0.50, 106.4), and (0.60, 107.5). Plots for 0.30 m and 0.40 m are missing.

Plot the two missing points on the graph.

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