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General Physics 1 Activity Sheet

Quarter 2 – MELC 27
Week 6
Pascal’s Principle

REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

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General Physics 1
Activity Sheet No. 12- Pascal’s Principle
First Edition, 2020

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General Physics 1 Activity Sheet No. 12

Pascal’s Principle

I. Learning Competency with Code

Apply Pascal’s principle in analyzing fluids in various systems.
(STEM_GP12FM-IIf-43)

II. Background Information for Learners

When you squeeze one end of a tube to get toothpaste out

the other end, you are watching Pascal’s principle in action.
This principle is also the basis for the Heimlich manoeuvre,
in which a sharp increasing pressure applied to the abdomen
is transmitted to the throat, forcefully ejecting food lodged
there.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/273532-heimlich

III. Activity Proper

Directions: Read the selection below about Pascal’s principle and answer the
activity that follows.

You can recall that pressure is the amount of force exerted

per unit area. If we apply pressure in the water (fluid) inside
a syringe just like in Figure 1, the same amount of pressure
will be experienced by the syringe chamber where the water
touches. That same amount of pressure will cause the water
to displace at the tip. To increase the amount of displaced
water, you just need to apply a greater pressure on the
handle.

Figure 1: A pressure applied on the syringe will cause the water to come out of the syringe’s tip.
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Pascal’s Principle – the pressure applied to a confined fluid is transmitted

undiminished to every portion of the fluid and the walls of the containing vessel.

In Figure 2, when pressure (p1) is applied on the input of the hydraulic system, the
same amount of the pressure (p2) is generated on the output end. At the input, a force
(F1) is applied on the small area (A1), thus generating pressure. Although pressure is
identical at all point inside the chamber where the fluid is found, the force (F2) produced
at the output will be amplified because of the wider area (A2) where the pressure is
applied. We can amplify a small amount of force using Pascal’s principle.

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 https://www.aplusphysics.com/courses/honors/fluids/Pascal.html
Figure 2: The hydraulic lift uses the pascal’s principle to lift heavy objects.
Example: In a hydraulic lift, a 30N force is pressed on an input piston with a 0.1m 2 area. If
the output piston has an area of 1.5m2, how much output force is created?

Solution:
30N F2 30N x 1.5m2
= ; F2 = = 450N
0.1 m2 1.5 m2 0.1 m2

ACTIVITY
Directions: Answer the problems below by applying what you have learned.

1. A car is being lifted in a hydraulic automobile lift as shown below.

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A. What must be the ratio of the diameter of the vessel at the car to the diameter of
the vessel to the force F1 is applied so that a 1200kg car can be lifted with a force
F1 of just 120N?
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B. The piston of the hydraulic automobile lift is 0.5m in diameter. What gauge
pressure, in Pascal, is required to lift a car with a mass of 1200kg?
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C. What is this pressure in atmospheric pressure (atm)? Note: 1Pa = 9.87x10-6atm

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2. If the area of Piston 1 is A1 = 0.028 m2, the area of Piston 2 is A2 = 0.55 m2 and the
external input force F1 = 420 N, what is the external output force F2?
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3. The weight of the bus is 29,000 N and is lifted by Piston 2. What is the external input
force F1 in Piston 1 if A2 = 3800 cm2 and A1= 100 cm2?
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VI. Reflection

Complete the statements below.

I learned that…
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I don’t understand…
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I need more information about …

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VI. Answer Key

0.38 m2
= 763.16N F1 = 3. 0.01 m2 = 0.38 m2;
29000N x 0.01m2 29000N F1

0.028 m2
= 8250N F2 = 2. 0.028 m2 = 0.55 m2;
420N x 0.55m2 F2 420N

1Pa
= 0.59 atm 1.C. P1 = (5.99x104 Pa)
9.87 x 10−6 atm

π (0.25)2
= 5.99x104 Pa. 1.B. P1 =
1200kg x 9.8m/𝑠2

4
𝑑1 4π 𝑑12 𝜋 𝑑1
2
A1
= ξ98 = 9.9 = 98; = 98; 4
= 98;
𝑑2 4π 𝑑22 A2
𝜋 𝑑2
2
Get the ration between the diameters of A2 and A1:

120N A1 A2 A1
= 98 = ; =
1200kg x 9.8m/𝑠2 A2 1200kg x 9.8m/𝑠2 120N
1.A. Get the ratio between A2 and A1:

Activity Key Answers