A room in the lower level of a cruise ship has a 32-cm-diameter circular window. If the midpoint of the window is 3.8 m below the water surface, determine the hydrostatic force acting on the window and the pressure center. Take the specific gravity of seawater to be 1.025.

A room in the lower level of a cruise ship has a 32-cm-diameter circular window. If the midpoint of the window is 3.8 m below the water surface, determine the hydrostatic force acting on the window and the pressure center. Take the specific gravity of seawater to be 1.025.

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