A room in the lower level of a cruise ship has a 30-cm-diameter circular window. If the midpoint of the window is 5 m below the water surface, determine the distance of the pressure center, Yp, in meters. Take the specific gravity of seawater to be 1.025. Be as exact in your answer as possible.

A room in the lower level of a cruise ship has a 30-cm-diameter circular window. If the midpoint of the window is 5 m below the water surface, determine the distance of the pressure center, Yp, in meters. Take the specific gravity of seawater to be 1.025. Be as exact in your answer as possible.

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