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    The document is about calculating pressure from forces and areas in various scenarios. It includes calculating the pressure for different areas given a force, calculating the force given a pressure and area, calculating the transmitted pressure and resulting force in a hydraulic press system, calculating pressure at a depth in water, and identifying features and reading of a mercury barometer diagram. The questions assess understanding of the relationship between force, area, and pressure.

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    PRESSURE ASSIGNMENT

    1 a. What is the pressure on a surface when a force of 50 N acts on an area of


    (i) 2.0 m2
    (ii) 100 m2
    (iii) 0.50 m2? (6)
    b. A pressure of 10 Pa acts on an area of 3.0 m2. What is the force acting on the area? (2)

    2. In a hydraulic press a force of 20 N is applied to a piston of area 0.20 m2. The area of the
    other piston is 2.0 m2. What is
    a. the pressure transmitted through the liquid, (2)
    b. the force on the other piston? (2)
    3. What is the pressure 100 m below the surface of sea water of density 1150 kg/m3? (2)

    4. Figure 16.14 shows a ______________ (1)


    a. What is the region A? (1)
    b. What keeps the mercury in the tube? (1)
    c. What is the value of the atmospheric pressure being shown by the barometer? (1)
    d. What would happen to this reading if the barometer were taken up a high mountain? Give a
    reason. (2)

    Figure 16.14

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