Question
Consider a rectangular swimming pool of depth 2.3 m with a width and length of 13 m. What is the force exerted by the water on one of the sidewalls of the pool?
Answers
bobpursley
the average depth is 2.3/2
the weight of water at that depth is the mass of water above, times g, times height..
weight of water at depth 2.3/2 m is
density water*g*volume water
1043kg/m^3*9.8N/kg*2.3m/2*1m^2
= 11753N
that is the average force on the wall
the weight of water at that depth is the mass of water above, times g, times height..
weight of water at depth 2.3/2 m is
density water*g*volume water
1043kg/m^3*9.8N/kg*2.3m/2*1m^2
= 11753N
that is the average force on the wall