If you dive underwater, you notice an uncomfortable pressure on your eardrums due to the increased pressure.

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If you dive underwater, you notice an uncomfortable pressure on your eardrums due to the increased pressure. The human eardrum has an area of about \(70 \mathrm{~mm}^{2}\left(7 \times 10^{-5} \mathrm{~m}^{2}\right)\), and it can sustain a force of about \(7 \mathrm{~N}\) without rupturing. If your body had no means of balancing the extra pressure (which, in reality, it does), what would be the maximum depth you could dive without rupturing your eardrum?

A. \(0.3 \mathrm{~m}\)

B. \(1 \mathrm{~m}\)

C. \(3 \mathrm{~m}\)

D. \(10 \mathrm{~m}\)

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

ISBN: 9780321907240

3rd Edition

Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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