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A bubble rises from the bottom of a tank of water that is at a uniform temperature. Just before it bursts at the surface the bubble is three times its original volume. Determine the absolute pressure at the bottom of the tank.

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This solution provides a simple equation for finding pressure at two different points in order to determine pressure at the bottom of the tank.

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