The zoo is building a new polar bear exhibit, and wants to put a semi-circular window in the concrete wallof the swimming tank. (Note: picture is not to scale)If the semi-circle has diameter 50 centimeters, and the bottom of the window is at a depth of 2.75 meters,find the hydrostatic force on the window.NewtonsSubmit QuestionThe Deligne Dam on the Cayley River is built so that the wall facing the water is shaped like the regionabove the curve y = 0.5z and below the line y = 300. (Here, distances are measured in meters.) Thewater level is 30 meters below the top of the dam. Find the force (in Newtons) exerted on the dam bykgand the acceleration of gravity is 9.8water pressure. (Water has a density of 1000-Sseca -)Note: Weight density of water is 1000(9.8)=9800 N/m^3Submit Question A tank full of water is designed with ends in the shape of an isosceles triangle with height 12 meters andwidth, at the top, of 10 meters. Find the hydrostatic force on one end of the tank.NewtonsSubmit Question

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The zoo is building a new polar bear exhibit, and wants to put a semi-circular window in the concrete wall of the swimming tank. (Note: picture is not to scale) If the semi-circle has diameter 50 centimeters, and the bottom of the window is at a depth of 2.75 meters, find the hydrostatic force on the window. Newtons

The zoo is building a new polar bear exhibit, and wants to put a semi-circular window in the concrete wall of the swimming tank. (Note: picture is not to scale) If the semi-circle has diameter 50 centimeters, and the bottom of the window is at a depth of 2.75 meters, find the hydrostatic force on the window. Newtons

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Chapter8: Centroids And Distributed Loads

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