A rectangular barge 9 m long and 3 m wide floats in fresh water. Water density is 1000 kg/m3 . How much deeper will it float when loaded with a 370 kg horse? Answer in units of m b-If the barge can only be pushed 7.87963 cm deeper into the water before water overflows to sink it, how many 370 kg horses can it carry
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The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
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Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
A rectangular barge 9 m long and 3 m
wide floats in fresh water. Water density is
1000 kg/m3
.
How much deeper will it float when loaded
with a 370 kg horse?
Answer in units of m
b-If the barge can only be pushed 7.87963 cm
deeper into the water before water overflows
to sink it, how many 370 kg horses can it
carry
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