A marble cylinder that has a diameter of 42.0cm and stands 1.25m tall rests on a flat tile deck. What is the pressure exerted on the deck by the cylinder?
P=F/A
Here the force is weight of the marble cylinder=mg
To find the mass=VxD, V is volume and D is density
volume of the cylinder=pi r^2h=pi (.21)^2x1.25=.173m^3
I am taking the density of marble as 2760kg/m^3
So the mas=2760x.173=478kg
The area of the base=pi r^2=0.14m^2
P=(478x9.80)/.14=33460pascals