Question 493770
The air around you puts pressure on your body equal to 14.7 pounds per square inch(psi). When you are under water, the water exerts additional pressure on your body. For each foot you are below surface of water, the pressure increases by 0.445 psi.
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A) What does 14.7 represent on the expression 14.7+0.445d?
At water level the pressure on your body is 14.7 lbs/in^2
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B) what does d represent in the expression?
Your depth in feet below the surface of the water.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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