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Re: Real data from real experiments.
On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Tesla List wrote:
> One of the problems with "the water levels end up at 1/2 the original
> height" is that this is not always correct. The levels can be different than
> 1/2 original height when the tanks are of different shapes or are not equal.
> How would you calculate the difference in heights compared to the original
> height for unequal tanks?
The amount of water in each tank could easily end up being different, and
it would not necessarily be 1/2 of the original height either. But the
water in the two tanks will always be at equal heights and will have
identical pressures, regardless of the tank shape (unless one tank is
small enough to overflow).
Steve Roys