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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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