A graduated cylinder is filled to a depth of 17.00cm with water (Pwater 1000 kg ). Determine the gauge pressure at the bottom of the graduated cylinder. m³ Pa kg Suppose a student then adds a 20.00cm layer of oil ( Poil-895-) atop the water. What happens to the gauge pressure at the bottom of the container? m3 O Impossible to tell O The gauge pressure decreases with the addition of the oil. O The gauge pressure increases with the addition of the oil. O The gauge pressure stays the same with the addition of the oil.
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.
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