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Q.Do you feel excess pressure while swimming under water? Why?

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Depth adds hρg of water pressure on top of the atmosphere.

While swimming under water, the water above you presses on you with its weight. At depth h the pressure exceeds the surface (atmospheric) value by hρgh\rho g (§2.3.1) — at just 6 m this is already ≈0.6 atm extra (Example 2.2). The eardrum, with air at roughly atmospheric pressure inside, feels this difference directly — which is why ears 'pop' or hurt as you dive deeper. …

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