A 1.20 kg water balloon will break if it experiences more than 530 N of force. Your 'friend' whips the water balloon toward you at 13.0 m/s. The maximum force you apply in catching the water balloon is twice the average force. How long must the interaction time of your catch be to make sure the water balloon doesn't soak you?
Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
Gauge Pressure
Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
![**Problem Statement:**
A 1.20 kg water balloon will break if it experiences more than 530 N of force. Your 'friend' whips the water balloon toward you at 13.0 m/s. The maximum force you apply in catching the water balloon is twice the average force. How long must the interaction time of your catch be to make sure the water balloon doesn't soak you?
**Options:**
- A. 0.032 s
- B. 0.064 s
- C. 0.078 s
- D. 0.059 s
**Answer Choices:**
- ○ B
- ○ D
- ○ C
- ○ A
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**Explanation:**
The problem provides the context of catching a water balloon without breaking it by managing the force during the catch. The balloon has a mass of 1.20 kg, a breaking threshold of 530 N, and approaches at a speed of 13.0 m/s. The maximum force applied should be twice the average force. By calculating the necessary interaction time, it ensures the balloon won't break.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fab8e90de-1834-4897-8d02-45bfaff51002%2F9f7bf9a0-afe2-45ac-a175-38dee9db84e6%2F9mjr01x_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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