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Given information

Given values:
 
The water tank stands at a height of meters.
 
The slope stretches about meters.
 
The angle of inclination is degrees.
 
 Formula used:
 
The total pressure, or absolute pressure, is calculated as , where is absolute pressure, is gauge pressure, and is atmospheric pressure.
 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The pressure in gauges refers to the pressure in proportion to the atmospheric pressure. Gauge pressure is positive for pressures above atmospheric pressure and negative for pressures below atmospheric pressure.

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