Atmospheric Pressure Force Calculation · PhysicsBowl 2007 #36
Physics · fluid-mechanics
Problem
A driveway is 22.0 m long and 5.0 m wide. If the atmospheric pressure is 1.0 × 10⁵ Pa, what force does the atmosphere exert on the driveway?
(a) 9.09 × 10⁻⁸ N
(b) 1.1 × 10⁻³ N
(c) 909 N
(d) 4545 N
(e) 1.1 × 10⁷ N