A hippo is dozing under water with only its small nostrils sticking out. It has a mass of 2700 kg and a volume of about 2.67 m3 after exhaling. The hippo is in a pool of fresh water, with a density of 1g/cm3. What is the buoyancy force on the hippo? What is weight force of the hippo? How much force in Newtons does it exert on the ground of the pool? Enter a positive number if a force is exerted on the ground, a negative number if hippo is f
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.
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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 hippo is dozing under water with only its small nostrils sticking out. It has a mass of 2700 kg and a volume of about 2.67 m3 after exhaling. The hippo is in a pool of fresh water, with a density of 1g/cm3.
What is the buoyancy force on the hippo?
What is weight force of the hippo?
How much force in Newtons does it exert on the ground of the pool? Enter a positive number if a force is exerted on the ground, a negative number if hippo is floating.
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