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gbarreiro

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Suppose that in an examination of a spinal injury it is found that the spinal fluid (with about the same density as water) will rise a vertical height of 13. cm in an open tube.
 
  What pressure does this correspond to, expressed in mm of mercury and in atmospheres?

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What is the main potential concern regarding the creation of artificial life?
 
  A) that they would rapidly evolve and replace existing life on Earth
  B) that they would be used by hostile nations to build clone armies
  C) that they might be the source of new diseases or toxins for which terrestrial life would have little resistance
  D) that they would travel on our robotic space probes and contaminate other planets


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sultansheikh

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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

9.6 mm Hg, or 0.013 atm

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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
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