Question #8185a

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Stefan V.
Jul 1, 2015

101,332 Pa.

Explanation:

Pressure is defined as force per unit of surface.

In this case, if you have a mass of 1034 g, then the force with which it will push down on the unit surface, i.e. its weight, will be equal to

F = m* g, where

g - the gravitational acceleration, equal to "9.8 m/s"^2.

You need to convert the mass from grams to kilograms

1034cancel("g") * "1 kg"/(1000cancel("g")) = "1.034 kg"

This means that the force will be

F = m * g = 1.034 * 9.8 = 10.1332underbrace(("kg" * "m")/"s"^2)_(color(blue)("=Newton"))

To get to Pascal, you need to convert square centimeters to square meters

1cancel("cm"^2) * ("1 m"^2)/(10^4cancel("cm"^2)) = 10^(-4)"m"^2

Therefore, the pressure exerted by air at sea level is

P_"air" = F/S = ("10.1332 N")/(10^(-4)"m"^2) = 101,332underbrace("N"/"m"^2)_(color(blue)("=Pascal"))

P_"air" = color(green)("101,332 Pa")

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