Question: A simple hydraulic jack can be built that does not need a pump, or even a second piston. As shown in the sketch, the jack

A simple hydraulic jack can be built that does not need a pump, or even a second piston. As shown in the sketch, the jack consists of a large-diameter cylinder/piston on the right side that lifts the heavy weight, W, and nothing but a tall tube on the left side into which
oil can be poured. The idea is to use the hydrostatic pressure force ("head") of the oil in the tube on the left side to lift the weight on the right side.
(a) Ignoring friction in the piston/cylinder, ignoring the weight of the piston compared to W,and assuming no oil leakage, generate an expression for the oil height h required to just start lifting the weight. Your expression should be h as a function of the other variables
as needed.
(b) To start lifting a car that has a mass of 1200kg, calculate h in m if oil=653kgm3,D2=0.805 m , and D1=2.04cm. This is all one question answer each part please.
A simple hydraulic jack can be built that does

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