Question

In a car piston shown above, the pressure of the compressed gas (red) is 5.00 atm. If the area of the piston is 0.0760 m^2. What is the force exerted on the piston in Newtons (N)?

Answer 1

Answer:

38503.5N

Explanation:

Data obtained from the question include:

P (pressure) = 5.00 atm

Now, we need to convert 5atm to a number in N/m2 in order to obtain the desired result of force in Newton (N). This is illustrated below:

1 atm = 101325N/m2

5 atm = 5 x 101325 = 506625N/m^2

A (area of piston) = 0.0760 m^2

Pressure is force per unit area. Mathematically it is written as

P = F/A

F = P x A

F = 506625 x 0.0760

F = 38503.5N

Therefore, the force exerted on the piston is 38503.5N