The maximum blood pressure in the upper arm of a healthy person is about 120 mmhg. determine how high the blood will rise in the tube if a vertical tube open to the atmosphere is connected to the vein in the arm of the person. take the density of the blood to be 1050 kg/m3 .

1.553 m

Explanation:

This is a pressure problem.

On one side we have got the pressure from the arm's blood and on the other side we have got the pressure from blood height

Patm is atmospheric pressure.Patm is applied on each side of the equation

Then :

Pbloodheight =ρ.g.h

where ρ is the blood density, g is the gravity and h is the blood height.

ρ= 1050 kg/m3