A boat is built of wood having a density of of 590 Kg/m3. The surface area of the bottom of the boat is 6 m2 and the total volume of its wood is 0.7 m3. When the boat is placed in fresh water (density : 1000 Kg/m3) , how deep is the bottom of the boat below water level?
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.
A boat is built of wood having a density of of 590 Kg/m3. The surface area of the bottom of the boat is 6 m2 and the total volume of its wood is 0.7 m3. When the boat is placed in fresh water (density : 1000 Kg/m3) , how deep is the bottom of the boat below water level?
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