Water is hard to compress as its bulk modulus is 2.0 x 10°

Last updated: 7/10/2022

Water is hard to compress as its bulk modulus is 2.0 x 10° pascals. If a volume of water is subjected to a pressure increase of 150 pascals and its initial volume is 480 cubic meters, (a) What will be the fractional decrease in the volume? (b) What would be the change in volume?