A room in the lower level of a cruise ship has a triangular window. The base of the window is 50 cm, and the height is 30 cm. If the centroid of the window is 2 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 1.02

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A room in the lower level of a cruise ship has a triangular window. The base of the window is 50 cm, and the height is 30 cm. If the centroid of the window is 2 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 1.02
 
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