Dr. B uses his phone and the app phyphox to measure atmospheric pressure at different heights. At the first floor of the UMass W.E.B. DuBois Library he measures a pressure of 101300 Pa. He then takes the elevator to the roof of the library and measures a pressure of 100172 Pa. If the density of the air is 1.205kg/m33, what is the height of the library? a. 124 m b. 96 m c. 76 m d. 67 m
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.
Dr. B uses his phone and the app phyphox to measure atmospheric pressure at different heights. At the first floor of the UMass W.E.B. DuBois Library he measures a pressure of 101300 Pa. He then takes the elevator to the roof of the library and measures a pressure of 100172 Pa. If the density of the air is 1.205kg/m33, what is the height of the library?
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