Question

The force on an area 16 m by 12 m is 24,000 N. What is the pressure per square meter?

Answer 1

Recall that
Pressure = Force ÷ Area

In this context we have,
Pressure = 24,000 ÷ (16 × 12)
= 24,000 ÷ 192
= 125 Pa

Answer 2

125 N/m^2

Explanation:

To calculate the the pressure(P) we need area(A) and force(F) because pressure is a function of force and area:

`P=F/A`
`(N/m^2)`

We can calculate the Area as:

`A=16*12=192` m^2

Therefore we can calculate pressure per square meter:

`P=24000*(192)=4608000` N/m^2