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Blood pressure is commonly measured with a cuff placed around the arm, with the cuff pre...

Blood pressure is commonly measured with a cuff placed around the arm, with the cuff pressure (which is a measure of the arterial blood pressure) indicated with a mercury manometer(see Video 2.2). A typical value for the maximum value ofblood pressure (systolic pressure) is 120 mm Hg. Why wouldn’t it be simpler and less expensive to use water in the manometer rather than mercury? Explain and support your answer with the necessary calculations.

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