A gasoline reservoir towed by a certain brand of tanker truck can be modeled as a horizontal cylinder of length 7.5 m and diameter 2.5 m, which is completely filled with gasoline.
(a) Determine the pressure difference between the front surface of the tank and the back surface of the tank (along the centerline) when the truck is undergoing a horizontal acceleration of 1.5 m/s2.
(b) Determine the pressure difference between the front surface of the tank and the back surface of the tank (along the centerline) when the truck is undergoing a horizontal deceleration of 2.5 m/s2.
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