A very deep point of the Pacific Ocean is at a depth of 10,100 m below the surface. What is the gauge pressure in the water at that point? The density of seawater is 1025 kg/m3. Ignore the slight variations of g and ρ with depth. Assume g = 9.80m/s2. Assume 3 significant digits.
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.
A very deep point of the Pacific Ocean is at a depth of 10,100 m below the surface. What is the gauge pressure in the water at that point? The density of seawater is 1025 kg/m3. Ignore the slight variations of g and ρ with depth. Assume g = 9.80m/s2. Assume 3 significant digits.
| A. |
8.88 ×107 Pa |
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| B. |
2.22 ×108 Pa |
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| C. |
1.11 ×108 Pa |
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| D. |
1.01 x108 Pa |
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| E. |
3.33 ×108 Pa |
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| F. |
5.55 ×107 Pa |
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