A U-shaped tube open to the air at both ends contains some mercury. A quantity of water is carefully poured into the left arm of the U-shaped tube until the vertical height of the water column is 19.0 cmcm .

Part A

What is the gauge pressure at the water-mercury interface?

pp =

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Part B

Calculate the vertical distance hh from the top of the mercury in the right-hand arm of the tube to the top of the water in the left-hand arm.

hh =

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