FACULTY OF SCIENCE EPH105C Tutorial 6

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MCQ
1. The drawing shows three containers filled to the same height with the same fluid. In which
container, if any, is the pressure at the bottom greatest?
(a) Container A, because its bottom has the greatest surface area.
(b) All three containers have the same pressure at the bottom.
(c) Container A, because it has the greatest volume of fluid.
(d) Container B, because it has the least volume of fluid.
(e) Container C, because its bottom has the least surface area.

2. Two liquids, 1 and 2, are in equilibrium in a U-tube that is open at both ends, as in the drawing. The
liquids do not mix, and liquid 1 rests on top of liquid 2. How is the density ρ1 of liquid 1 related to the
density ρ2 of liquid 2?
(a) ρ1 is equal to ρ2 because the liquids are in equilibrium.
(b) ρ1 is greater than ρ2 .
(c) ρ1 is less than ρ2 .
(d) There is not enough information to tell which liquid has the greater density.
3. A beaker is filled to the brim with water. A solid object of mass 3.00 kg is lowered into the beaker
so that the object is fully submerged in the water (see the drawing). During this process, 2.00 kg of
water flows over the rim and out of the beaker. What is the buoyant force that acts on the submerged
object, and, when released, does the object rise, sink, or remain in place?
(a) 29.4 N; the object rises. (b) 29.4 N; the object sinks. (c) 19.6 N; the object rises.
(d)19.6 N; the object sinks. (e) 19.6 N; the object remains in place.

4. Three solid objects are floating in a liquid, as in the drawing. They have different weights and
volumes, but have the same thickness (the dimension perpendicular to the page). Rank the objects
according to their density, largest first.
(a) A, B, C (b) A, C, B (c) B, A, C (d) B, C, A
(e) C, A, B

5. A hollow pipe is submerged in a stream of water so that the length of the pipe is parallel to the
velocity of the water. If the water speed doubles and the cross-sectional area of the pipe triples, what
happens to the volume flow rate of the water passing through the pipe?
(a) The volume flow rate does not change.
(b) The volume flow rate increases by a factor of 2.
(c) The volume flow rate increases by a factor of 3.
(d) The volume flow rate increases by a factor of 4.
(e) The volume flow rate increases by a factor of 6.

6.Water is flowing down through the pipe shown in the drawing. Point A is at a higher elevation than
B and C are. The cross-sectional areas are the same at A and B but are wider at C. Rank the pressures
at the three points, largest first.
(a) PA , PB , PC (b) PC , PB , PA (c) PB , PC , PA
Question 1
The hydraulic oil in a car lift has a density of 8.30 x 102 kg/m3. The weight of the input is
negligible. The radii of the input piston and output plunger are 7.70 x 10-3 m and 0.125 m,
respectively. What input force F is needed to support the 24 500 N combined weight of a car
and the output plunger, when
a) the bottom surfaces of the piston and plunger are at the same level,
b) the bottom surface of the output plunger is 1.30 m above that of the input piston?

Question 2
The deepest point in the ocean is 11 km below sea level, deeper than Mt. Everest is tall. What
is the pressure in atmospheres at this depth? The density of sea water is 1030 kg/m3.

Question 3
How far must a 2.0 cm diameter piston be pushed down into one cylinder of a hydraulic lift
to raise an 8.0 cm diameter piston by 20 cm? The density of oil is 900 kg/m3.

Question 4

A water tower is a familiar sight in many towns. The purpose of such a tower is to provide
storage capacity and to provide sufficient pressure in the pipes that deliver the water to
customers. The drawing shows a spherical reservoir that contains 5.25×105 kg of water when
full. The reservoir is vented to the atmosphere at the top. For a full reservoir, find the gauge
pressure that the water has at the faucet in (a) house A and (b) house B. Ignore the diameter
of the delivery pipes.
Question 5
Two identical containers are open at the top and are connected at the bottom via a tube of
negligible volume and a valve that is closed. Both containers are filled initially to the same
height of 1.00 m, one with water, the other with mercury, as the drawing indicates. The valve
is then opened. Water and mercury are immiscible. Determine the fluid level in the left
container when equilibrium is reestablished.

Question 6
The drawing shows a hydraulic chamber with a spring (spring constant = 1600 N/m) attached
to the input piston and a rock of mass 40.0 kg resting on the output plunger. The piston and
plunger are nearly at the same height, and each has a negligible mass. By how much is the
spring compressed from its unstrained position?

Question 7
A 0.10-m×0.20-m×0.30-m block is suspended from a wire and is completely under water.
What buoyant force acts on the block?
Question 8
An 81-kg person puts on a life jacket, jumps into the water, and floats. The jacket has a
volume of 3.1×10−2 m3 and is completely submerged under the water. The volume of the
person’s body that is under water is 6.2×10−2 m3. What is the density of the life jacket?

Question 9
A solid cylinder (radius = 0.150 m, height = 0.120 m) has a mass of 7.00 kg. This cylinder is
floating in water. Then oil (ρ = 725 kg/m3) is poured on top of the water until the situation
shown in the drawing results. How much of the height of the cylinder is in the oil?

Question 10
Prairie dogs are burrowing rodents. They do not suffocate in their burrows, because the effect
of air speed on pressure creates sufficient air circulation. The animals maintain a difference in
the shapes of two entrances to the burrow, and because of this difference, the air (ρ = 1.29
kg/m3) blows past the openings at different speeds, as the drawing indicates. Assuming that
the openings are at the same vertical level, find the difference in air pressure between the
openings and indicate which way the air circulates.
Question 11
A fuel pump sends gasoline from a car’s fuel tank to the engine at a rate of 5.88×10−2 kg/s.
The density of the gasoline is 735 kg/m3, and the radius of the fuel line is 3.18 × 10−3 m.
What is the speed at which the gasoline moves through the fuel line?

Question 12
Water flowing out of a horizontal pipe emerges through a nozzle. The radius of the pipe is 1.9
cm, and the radius of the nozzle is 0.48 cm. The speed of the water in the pipe is 0.62 m/s.
Treat the water as an ideal fluid, and determine the absolute pressure of the water in the pipe.