Torricelli's barometer used mercury. Pascal duplicated it using French wine of density `984 kg m^(-3)`. Determine the height of the wine column for normal atmospheric pressure.

Explanation

`p=984 kg m^(-3), h=?`
Since P=hpg
So, `h=P/(pg) =(1.01 xx 10^(5))/(984 xx 9.8)`
=10.47 =10.5 m