A Bourdon gage A inside a pressure tank reads 20 kPa. Another Bourden gage B outside the pressure tank and connected to it reads 40 kPa and a Aneroid barometer reads the atmospheric pressure as 700 mm Hg. What is the absolute pressure in the inner tank measured by A in kPa? The density of mercury is 13600 kg/m^3

A Bourdon gage A inside a pressure tank reads 20 kPa. Another Bourden gage B outside the pressure tank and connected to it reads 40 kPa and a Aneroid barometer reads the atmospheric pressure as 700 mm Hg. What is the absolute pressure in the inner tank measured by A in kPa? The density of mercury is 13600 kg/m^3

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