A 200g lump of unknown material is placed in pure water and then in olive oil. The mass of the lump in the water is 169g and the mass of the lump in the olive oil is 172g. (a) Determine the density of the olive oil. (b) What force will hold the lump completely submerged in the olive oil as shown in the diagram attached.
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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.
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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.
A 200g lump of unknown material is placed in pure water and then in olive oil. The mass of the lump in the water is 169g and the mass of the lump in the olive oil is 172g.
(a) Determine the density of the olive oil.
(b) What force will hold the lump completely submerged in the olive oil as shown in the diagram attached.
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