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What is the pressure on a swimmer 10 m below the surface of a lake?

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Here, `h=10m`
`rho("water")=1000kgm^(-3)`,
`g=9.8ms^(-2)`
Pressure on a swimmer 10 m below the surface of the lake,
`P=P_(a)+hrhog`
`=1.0xx10^(5)+10xx1000xx9.8`
`=1.98xx10^(5)Pa=2atm`
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