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PROBLEM<br />

SOLUTION<br />

Pressure<br />

SAMPLE PROBLEM 9B<br />

The small piston of a hydraulic lift has an area of 0.20 m 2 . A car weighing<br />

1.20 10 4 N sits on a rack mounted on the large piston. The large piston has<br />

an area of 0.90 m 2 . How large a force must be applied to the small piston to<br />

support the car?<br />

Given: A 1 = 0.20 m 2<br />

Unknown: F 1 = ?<br />

F 2 = 1.20 × 10 4 N<br />

A 2 = 0.90 m 2<br />

Use the equation for pressure from page 325.<br />

Pressure<br />

Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved.<br />

F1 F2 ⎯⎯<br />

= ⎯⎯ A1<br />

A2<br />

F1 = ⎯A 1<br />

A2<br />

⎯ F 2 = ⎯0<br />

F 1 = 2.7 × 10 3 N<br />

2<br />

. 20<br />

m ⎯ 2<br />

0.<br />

90<br />

m<br />

(1.20 × 104 N)<br />

1. In a car lift, compressed air exerts a force on a piston <strong>with</strong> a radius of 5.00 cm.<br />

This pressure is transmitted to a second piston <strong>with</strong> a radius of 15.0 cm.<br />

a. How large a force must the compressed air exert to lift a 1.33 × 10 4 N car?<br />

b. What pressure produces this force? Neglect the weight of the pistons.<br />

2. A 1.5 m wide by 2.5 m long water bed weighs 1025 N. Find the pressure<br />

that the water bed exerts on the floor. Assume that the entire lower surface<br />

of the bed makes contact <strong>with</strong> the floor.<br />

3. A person rides up a lift to a mountaintop, but the person’s ears fail to<br />

“pop”—that is, the pressure of the inner ear does not equalize <strong>with</strong> the<br />

outside atmosphere. The radius of each eardrum is 0.40 cm. The pressure<br />

of the atmosphere drops from 1.010 × 10 5 Pa at the bottom of the lift to<br />

0.998 × 10 5 Pa at the top.<br />

a. What is the pressure on the inner ear at the top of the mountain?<br />

b. What is the magnitude of the net force on each eardrum?<br />

PRACTICE 9B<br />

<strong>Fluid</strong> <strong>Mechanics</strong><br />

327<br />

SECTION 9-2<br />

Classroom Practice<br />

The following may be used<br />

as a teamwork exercise or for<br />

demonstration at the chalkboard<br />

or on an overhead projector.<br />

PROBLEM<br />

Pressure<br />

In a hydraulic lift, a 620 N force is<br />

exerted on a 0.20 m 2 piston in<br />

order to support a weight that is<br />

placed on a 2.0 m 2 piston. How<br />

much pressure is exerted on the<br />

narrow piston? How much weight<br />

can the wide piston lift?<br />

Answer<br />

3.1 × 10 3 Pa; 6.2 × 10 3 N<br />

PRACTICE GUIDE 9B<br />

Solving for:<br />

F PE Sample, 1a, 3b;<br />

Ch. Rvw. 16–18,<br />

19b*, 32, 50*<br />

PW Sample, 1–2<br />

PB 5–7<br />

P PE 1b, 2, 3a; Ch. Rvw.<br />

33, 37, 38b*, 47,<br />

55*, 67*<br />

PW 6–7<br />

PB 8–10<br />

A PW 3–5<br />

PB Sample, 1–4<br />

ANSWERS TO<br />

Practice 9B<br />

Pressure<br />

1. a. 1.48 × 10 3 N<br />

b. 1.88 × 10 5 Pa<br />

2. 2.7 × 10 2 Pa<br />

3. a. 1.2 × 10 3 Pa<br />

b. 6.0 × 10 −2 N<br />

327

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