{"id":229506,"date":"2025-06-08T08:50:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T08:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=229506"},"modified":"2025-06-08T08:50:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T08:50:50","slug":"if-a-tank-filled-with-water-contains-a-block-and-the-height-of-the-water-above-point-a-within-the-block-is-0-6-meter-whats-the-pressure-at-point-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/08\/if-a-tank-filled-with-water-contains-a-block-and-the-height-of-the-water-above-point-a-within-the-block-is-0-6-meter-whats-the-pressure-at-point-a\/","title":{"rendered":"If a tank filled with water contains a block and the height of the water above point A within the block is 0.6 meter, what&#8217;s the pressure at point A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If a tank filled with water contains a block and the height of the water above point A within the block is 0.6 meter, what&#8217;s the pressure at point A?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the pressure at point A, we use the <strong>hydrostatic pressure formula<\/strong>:P=\u03c1ghP = \\rho g hP=\u03c1gh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PPP = pressure at the point (in Pascals, Pa)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u03c1\\rho\u03c1 = density of water (typically 1000\u2009kg\/m31000 \\, \\text{kg\/m}^31000kg\/m3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ggg = acceleration due to gravity (approx. 9.81\u2009m\/s29.81 \\, \\text{m\/s}^29.81m\/s2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>hhh = height of water above the point (in meters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Given:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>h=0.6\u2009mh = 0.6 \\, \\text{m}h=0.6m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u03c1=1000\u2009kg\/m3\\rho = 1000 \\, \\text{kg\/m}^3\u03c1=1000kg\/m3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>g=9.81\u2009m\/s2g = 9.81 \\, \\text{m\/s}^2g=9.81m\/s2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calculation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>P=1000\u00d79.81\u00d70.6=5886\u2009PaP = 1000 \\times 9.81 \\times 0.6 = 5886 \\, \\text{Pa}P=1000\u00d79.81\u00d70.6=5886Pa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Final Answer: 5886 Pascals (Pa)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explanation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Pressure in a fluid increases with depth due to the weight of the fluid above. This principle is described by the hydrostatic pressure formula P=\u03c1ghP = \\rho g hP=\u03c1gh, where pressure is directly proportional to the depth of the fluid (hhh), the fluid&#8217;s density (\u03c1\\rho\u03c1), and gravitational acceleration (ggg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this problem, point A is located inside a block submerged in water. The pressure at point A depends solely on how much water is above it \u2014 that is, the height of the water column above point A. This is because pressure in a fluid at rest is determined by the vertical depth and not by the shape or orientation of the container or object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the height of water above point A is 0.6 meters, we calculate the pressure using the standard values for water&#8217;s density (1000 kg\/m\u00b3) and gravity (9.81 m\/s\u00b2). Multiplying these with the height gives us:P=1000\u00d79.81\u00d70.6=5886\u2009PaP = 1000 \\times 9.81 \\times 0.6 = 5886 \\, \\text{Pa}P=1000\u00d79.81\u00d70.6=5886Pa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This result means that every square meter at point A experiences a force of 5886 Newtons due to the weight of the water above. Notably, the pressure at a given depth in a fluid is the same regardless of the container or whether a solid object is present. Therefore, even though point A is within a block, as long as it is submerged and exposed to the water, the hydrostatic pressure still applies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This fundamental concept is essential in fluid mechanics and is widely used in engineering, meteorology, and even medicine.Tools<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner7-319.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-229507\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a tank filled with water contains a block and the height of the water above point A within the block is 0.6 meter, what&#8217;s the pressure at point A? The Correct Answer and Explanation is: To find the pressure at point A, we use the hydrostatic pressure formula:P=\u03c1ghP = \\rho g hP=\u03c1gh Where: Given: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}