What pressure is exerted on the bottom of a 0.500 m wide by 0.900 m long gas tank that holds 50-kg of gasoline? Use 720 kg/m3 for the density of gasoline.

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P dilip_k
Sep 19, 2017

Area of the bottom of the tank A=length×breadth=0.9×0.5m2=0.45m2

Force exerted by the weight of of mass m=50kg gasoline
#F=mxxg=50xx9.8=490N₹

Hence the pressure at the bottom

P=FA=4900.45≈1088.9N/m2

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