A swimming pool is 20ft wide and 40 feet long and its bottom is an inclined...

A swimming pool is 20ft wide and 40 feet long and its bottom is an inclined plane, the shallow end having a depth of 3 ft and the deep end 12 ft.

If the pool is full of water, find the hydrostatic force on (a) the shallow end side, (b) the deep end side, (c) the side of the pool, and (d) the bottom of the pool.

Solutions

Expert Solution

milcah answered 2 years ago

Next > < Previous

Related Solutions

A 4.9-m-wide swimming pool is filled to the top. The bottom of the pool becomes completely...

A 4.9-m-wide swimming pool is filled to the top. The bottom of the pool becomes completely shaded in the afternoon when the sun is 22 ∘ above the horizon.

A swimming pool is 20 ft wide, 40 ft long, 3 ft deep at the shallow...

A swimming pool is 20 ft wide, 40 ft long, 3 ft deep at the shallow end, and 9 ft deep at is deepest point. A cross-section is shown in the figure. If the pool is being filled at a rate of 1.1 ft3/min, how fast is the water level rising when the depth at the deepest point is 5 ft? (Round your answer to five decimal places.)

A rectangular swimming pool is 5 ft deep, 10 ft wide, and 15 ft long. The...

A rectangular swimming pool is 5 ft deep, 10 ft wide, and 15 ft long. The pool is filled with water to 1 ft below the top. If the weight density of water is 62.4 lb / ft3 and if x = 0 corresponds to the bottom of the tank, then which of the following represents the work done (in ft-lb) in pumping all the water into a drain at the top edge of the pool?

A rectangular swimming pool is to be built with an area of 1800 square feet. The...

A rectangular swimming pool is to be built with an area of 1800 square feet. The owner wants 5-foot-wide decks on either side and 10-foot-wide decks at the two ends. Find the area (in sq. feet) of the smallest piece of property on which the pool can be built satisfying these conditions. Given: xy=1800

2 Pascal’s Principle An Olympic swimming pool is 50 m long, 25 m wide, and 2...

2 Pascal’s Principle An Olympic swimming pool is 50 m long, 25 m wide, and 2 m deep. (a) Make a plot of pressure as a function of depth in the pool, for 0 ≤ y ≤ 2 m. (b) What is the pressure on the bottom of the pool? (c) What is the total force on the bottom of the pool — the 25 m × 50 m surface? (d) What is the total force on one end of...

A swimming pool is 1.4 m deep and 12 m long. Is it possible for you...

A swimming pool is 1.4 m deep and 12 m long. Is it possible for you to dive to the very bottom of the pool so people standing on the deck at the end of the pool do not see you? Part A Assume you dive to the very bottom of the pool so people standing on the deck at the end of the pool can see you. Find the minimum height of the person's eyes at the far side...

1) You can jump 3 m (10 feet) off of a diving board and into a swimming pool and be uninjured.

1) You can jump 3 m (10 feet) off of a diving board and into a swimming pool and be uninjured. However, if you jumped from the same height onto concrete it would be very bad. Use the principles of impulse and momentum to explain this. 2) A 125 kg linebacker running to the right at 2.5 m/s and an 80 kg quarterback running to the left at 3 m/s collide in midair. The linebacker holds on to the...

A horizontal meter stick is centered at the bottom of a 4.5-m-deep, 3.9-m-wide pool of water....

A horizontal meter stick is centered at the bottom of a 4.5-m-deep, 3.9-m-wide pool of water. How long does the meter stick appear to be as you look at it from the edge of the pool?

After a long day of driving you take a late-night swim in a motel swimming pool....

After a long day of driving you take a late-night swim in a motel swimming pool. When you go to your room, you realize that you have lost your room key in the pool. You borrow a powerful flashlight and walk around the pool, shining the light into it. The light shines on the key, which is lying on the bottom of the pool, when the flashlight is held y = 1.2 m above the water surface and is directed...

A lamp is installed at the bottom of a pool filled with water. The pool has...

A lamp is installed at the bottom of a pool filled with water. The pool has depth d. The lamp produces light rays in all directions, but light only escapes from the top surface of the water within a circular region which has diameter D. (a) Explain why this effect occurs? (b) If the depth of the pool is 50 cm. Find the diameter D.

Subjects