Competency #4
Analyze Situations involving Archimedes' or Bernoulli's Principle
Learning Objective
- a. Predict the relative pressures in static and moving fluids based on Bernoulli's Principle
Question
Write down your answer to the following question:
In the picture below are 2 textbooks of similar thickness sitting on a desk, about 6 inches apart. A piece of regular paper is placed across the books as shown.
True or False: When someone blows under the paper (parallel to the desktop), the paper will be forced off of the books.
Explain your answer.
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