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2 Pressure 1112-14112-24-836 Gavin Hagerty
Solve the following problems and enter your answers online. Table of Densities.
Examples from Lecture
1. Convert an area of 3.40 square feet to square inches. You only need to show the factor-label
conversion. _______ in2.
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2. Convert a volume of 4.90 × 106 cm3 to cubic feet, using the conversion that 2.54 cm = 1.00 inches and
12.0 inches = 1.00 ft. Show the factor label conversion. _______ ft3.
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3. A 79.0 kg. person is laying on a waterbed, so that their entire weight is spread out over an area of 0.32
m2. What is the pressure on the waterbed? _______ Pa.
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4a. What pressure is exerted on a steak by a knife that has an area of 1.00 × 10−6 m2 and is applied with a
force of 44.0 N. _______ Pa.
4b. If the knife is sharpened, the area of the blade in contact with the meat is 25.0% of the area of the blunt
knife in part (a). What will be the new pressure exerted by the sharper knife, assuming the carnivore
applies the same downwards force on the steak? _______ Pa
4c. Convert this pressure due to the sharp knife to lbs/in2. _______ psi
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5. A certain type of wood is used as flooring material for a fancy house. The wood can withstand a
maximum of 5.00 MPa before it deforms. (That's Mega-Pascal). Calculate the area of contact (how big
the base must be) for a piano that has a mass of 580. kg? _______ m2.
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6a. Determine the pressure in a car tire that has a total of 1275 kg. resting on 4 tires, each having an area of
100. cm2. _______ Pa. (Hint: Use the conversion 10, 000 cm2 = 1 m2 )
6b. Convert the pressure in the above tires to psi. _______ psi.
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7. A 81.9 kg. student is leaning back in his chair so that his entire weight is concentrated on the back two
legs of the chair, each of which are circular with a radius of 1.00 cm. Calculate the pressure exerted on
the floor. _______ Pa.
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8. Determine the pressure on a fluid inside of a syringe if the nurse applies a force of 26.5 N. and the
syringe plunger is circular with a diameter of 0.85 cm. _______ Pa.
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9. A cylinder has a height of 0.300 m and a radius of r. When standing on one of its circular ends, the
cylinder exerts a pressure of 29.0 kPa on the ground. What is the density of the cylinder? _______
kg/m3. (Work this out from what you know; no points for magic formulas you find elsewhere)
