Question

What is the pressure on the bottom of a garbage can if it holds 70 kg of garbage over an area of 0.5 m2?

70 Pascals
500 Pascals
35 Pascals
1372 Pascals

Answer 1

\[P=\frac{ F }{ A }=\frac{ mg }{ A }=\frac{ 70kg9.8\frac{ m }{ s ^{2} } }{ 0.5m ^{2} }=1372Pa\]