Physics 5054 · O Level · Pressure

Pressure — practice question

For a car, each tyre has $100\,\text{cm}^2$ of contact area with the ground. The car’s mass is $1600\,\text{kg}$. Its weight is shared equally by the four tyres. The gravitational field strength $g$ is $10\,\text{N kg}^{-1}$. What pressure is applied to the ground?

  • A$4.0\,\text{N cm}^{-2}$
  • B$16\,\text{N cm}^{-2}$
  • C$40\,\text{N cm}^{-2}$
  • D$160\,\text{N cm}^{-2}$

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