Calculate the pressure when a 500 Newton block is sitting on one of its sides, which has an area of 0.5 m2 . a. 1000 pascals b. 202 pascals c. 2000 pascals d. 500 pascals
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.
QUESTION 33
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Calculate the pressure when a 500 Newton block is sitting on one of its sides, which has an area of 0.5 m2 .
a. 1000 pascals
b. 202 pascals
c. 2000 pascals
d. 500 pascals
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