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Given information

Given in the question that,

A person can reduce the pressure in his lungs to

We need to find the height of water that can be sucked up by the straw

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

 

Calculate the height of water that can be sucked up a straw by using the density of the water and the pressure of the lungs.
In terms of density, the pressure difference is,
 
Density of water
Acceleration due to gravity
Difference in height  

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