Question: The viewing window in a diving suit has an area of roughly 65 cm 2 . (a) If an attempt were made to maintain the

The viewing window in a diving suit has an area of roughly 65 cm2

(a) If an attempt were made to maintain the pressure on the inside of the suit at 1 atm, what force (N and lbf) would the window have to withstand if the diver descended to a depth of 150 m. Take the specific gravity of the water to be 1.05. 

(b) Repeat the calculation of Part (a) for the deepest Guiness-verified SCUBA dive.

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