A boat has a hole in the hull, and water flows in at 4.37 m/s. Assuming the air pressure inside the boat is the same as it is outside the boat and the ocean level goes down at a negligible speed (v1 = 0), how far below the water line is the hole?

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  1. A boat has a hole in the hull, and water flows in at 4.37 m/s. Assuming the air pressure inside the boat is the same as it is outside the boat and the ocean level goes down at a negligible speed (v1 = 0), how far below the water line is the hole?

Equation: Bernoulli: P1 + ½rv12 + rgh1 = P2 + ½rv22 + rgh2         

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