FLUID

PRESSURE PRACTICE
(Answers below)

Pressure = depth x density x acceleration due to gravity

Use the following diagram of a swimming pool for questions 1 – 3.

1. Calculate the pressure at the bottom of the shallow end of the pool. The
density of water is 1000 kg/m3.



2. Calculate the pressure at the deep end of the pool.



3. At what depth is the pressure 18,500 Pa?



4. What is the gauge pressure that a diver measures 12.0 m under the sea?
The density of salt water is 1030 kg/m3.



5. While in the ocean, a diver checks his gauge and sees 213 kPa of pressure.
What is his depth?





 FLUID PRESSURE Answers
1. 12,000 Pa = 12 kPa
2. 25,000 Pa = 25 kPa
3. 18.5 m
4. 124,000 Pa = 124 kPa
5. 20.7 m