Question

How much pressure is applied to the ground

Answer 1

Answer:

Pressure applied by the man= 285103.125 $Pa$  or 41.35 $lb/in^{2}$

Explanation:

Pressure is defined as the perpendicular force applied per unit area.

i.e.  $Pressure=\frac{Force}{Area}$

Now, $Force= mg$

where, $m$ = mass of the body(man) = 93 kg

$g$ = acceleration due to gravity of Earth = 9.81 $m/{s^{2}}$

$Area$ covered is equal to the area of both stilts(a man generally stands on two feet)

therefore $Area=2(0.04)^{2}$ $m^{2}$

and putting in the values, we get,

$Pressure=\frac{93\times9.81}{2\times(0.04)^{2}}Nm^{-2}=285103.125Nm^{-2}$

Now we need to convert to our required units:

$1Nm^{-2}=1Pa\\1Pa=0.000145038lb/in^{2}$

(We can get the above result by individually converting kg to lb and meters to inches respectively)

Using the above relations we get,

$Pressure=285103.125Pa=0.000145038\times285103.125lb/in^{2}=41.35lb/in^{2}$