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A cylinder has a mass of 12 kg and a cross-sectional area of 200 cm2. Whatis the
pressure acting at its base?
A. 6 kPa
B. 9 kPa
C. 12 kPa D. 15 kPa

Wind blows normally on a wall at a pressure of 200 kPa. If the wall has an area of 5 m 2., what
is the force acting on the wall?
A. 40kN
B. 800kN
C. 1000KN D. 1200kN
A 250 N force is applied at an angle 30 to the surface of a block. The surface is a square of
sides 10 cm. What is the pressure exerted on the surface?
A. 1.25 kPa B. 2.50 kPa C. 25.0 kPa D. 12.5 kPa
A balloon is pressed with a force of 2.4 N using a finger. Find the pressure exerted on the
balloon if the area of fingertip is 2.0 x10-4 m
An air bubble is at a depth of 5 m below the surface of a lake . What is the pressure of water
on the bubble if the density of the water is 1000 kg m -3?
Which of the following factor does not influence the pressure of a liquid?
A. Depth
B. Acceleration due to gravity C. Density D. Volume
Mercury has density of 13600 kg m-3. If the pressure of mercury is 650 kPa, what is the depth
from its surface?
A. 4.0 m
B. 4.8 m
C. 5.8 m
D. 6.4m
Water has density equals to 1 g cm-3. What is its pressure at a depth of 12 m from the
surface?
A. 80 kPa
B. 100 kPa C. 120kPa
D. 140kPa
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The density of water is 1000 kg m . Find the density of liquid X in kg
m-3?

A container contains two layers of liquids. An oil layer 45cm thick floats on 60 cm of water.
The density of oil is 750 kg m-3 and water is 1000 kg m-3. ( g = 10 m s-2)
a) What is the pressure exerted on water by the oil layer?
b) what is the total pressure exerted on the bottom of the container?