A thin, circular, 0.860-kg disk of wood has a radius of 20.0 cm and floats on top of a cylindrical tank of antifreeze that has a depth of 80.0 cm and a diameter of 40.0 cm. (a) What is the pressure at the bottom of the cylinder? (b) If a 1.25-lb weight is now placed on top of the wooden disk, what is the pressure at the bottom of the cylinder?

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A thin, circular, 0.860-kg disk of wood has a radius of 20.0 cm and floats on top of a cylindrical tank of antifreeze that has a depth of 80.0 cm and a diameter of 40.0 cm.

(a) What is the pressure at the bottom of the cylinder?

(b) If a 1.25-lb weight is now placed on top of the wooden disk, what is the pressure at the bottom of the cylinder?

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