The deepest point in any ocean is in the Mariana Trench, which is about 11 km de

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The deepest point in any ocean is in the Mariana Trench, which is about 11 km deep, in the Pacific. The pressure at this depth is huge, about 1.13 *10^8 N/m2. (Take the bulk modulus of seawater to be 2.34 *10^9 N/m2)

(a) Calculate the change in volume of 1 m3 of seawater carried from the surface to this deepest point. m3?

(b) The density of seawater at the surface is 1.03 *10^3 kg/m3. Find its density at the bottom. kg/m3

(c) Is it a good approximation to think of water as incompressible? Yes or No?

Explanation / Answer

a) dV = P*V/B = (1.13*10^8*1)/(2.34*10^9) = 48.2906*10^?3 m^3

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