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A vertical plate is submerged in water as indicated in the figure.
\Find the hydrostatic force on one end of the aquarium:
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, where ![\"\"](\"http://www.mathskey.com/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=b1f02a70f7489dd3b8742e9e1c94d6d0.png\")
is the depth of the aquarium.
At any time, the plate is ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=0af643230a68f5096e4f80e98d07eabf.png\")
ft depth from the surface.
Thus, ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=524da3dc6d7a175f8f309f0f27346603.png\")
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Strip area of one side of the plate is ![\"\"](\"http://www.mathskey.com/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=4e4c4676dc8997db0a1a8d6a9f1ca468.png\")
, as depth increases then also increses.
Thus, consider width as ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=b71cf8de0b9c0031318df737744ca983.png\")
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Find the length of the strip.
\Redraw the figure.
\Finding net force on upper half.
\Observe the diagram: