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The pressure at the bottom of a swimming pool is evenly distributed. Suppose we look at a cast iron plate of 7272 kg lying on the ground with an area of 100 m2. What is the average pressure below that? Is it just as evenly distributed?

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Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

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Authors: Richard E. Sonntag, Claus Borgnakke, Gordon J. Van Wylen

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