Question

3. If the atmospheric pressure is 105 Pa, what is the weight of the air
column (in N) bearing down on a horizontal table top with a surface
area of 1m2 ? Why is this force unable to crush the table, even though
a weight 1000kgf crushes it?

Answer 1

Answer:

this is the solution

Explanation:

Solution

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Pressure = weight per unit area =mg

=1034g/cm

2

×

1000g

1kg

×(

1m

100cm

)

2

×9.80m/s

2

×

kgm/s

2

1N

×

1N/m

2

1Pa

=1.013×10

5

Pa