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If pressure per square inch increases by 14.5 pounds for every 33 feet below the ocean’s surface, how much pressure would be felt at 132 feet below the surface?

User El Diablo
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Answer: 50.8

Explanation: calculator boiiiissss

User Wberry
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Answer:

62.6 pounds per square inch

Step-by-step explanation:

Pressure at the surface of ocean is equal to
14.6 pounds per square inch.

It is given that after every 33 feet pressure increases by
14.5 pounds per square inch.

So

Pressure when depth is zero
= 14.6pounds per square inch.

After 33 feet , pressure
= 14.6+ 14.5 = 29.1pounds per square inch.

After 66 feet , pressure
= 29.1+ 14.5 = 43.6pounds per square inch.

After 99 feet , pressure
= 43.6+ 14.5 = 58.1pounds per square inch

After 131 feet , pressure
= 48.1+ 14.5 = 62.6pounds per square inch

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