Question

The air pressure for a certain tire is 109 kPa. What is this pressure in atmospheres?​

Answer 1

1.08 atm is the pressure for a certain tire in atmosphere.

Explanation:

One kilo pascal (1 kPa) corresponds to 1000 pascal. Another common unit used for pressure is atmosphere (symbolised as ‘atm’). 1 atm refers the standard atmospheric pressures and corresponds to 760 mm Hg and 101.3 kPa. Atmospheric pressures are commonly referred as square inches (psi)/ pounds.

  $1 \mathrm{atm}=101.3 \mathrm{kPa}=101,325 \mathrm{Pa}=760 \mathrm{mm} \mathrm{Hg}=760 \text { torr }=14.7 \mathrm{lb} / \mathrm{in}^{2}(\mathrm{psi})$

Given:

The air pressure for a certain tire = 109 kPa

We need to find pressure in atmospheres

So, we know,

1 atm = 101.3 kPa

Hence,

$\frac{109 \mathrm{kPa}}{1} \times \frac{1 \mathrm{atm}}{101.3 \mathrm{kPa}}=1.076=1.08 \mathrm{atm}$

1.08 atm is the pressure for a certain tire in atmosphere.