Physics (10th Edition)

Published by Wiley
ISBN 10: 1118486897
ISBN 13: 978-1-11848-689-4

Chapter 11 - Fluids - Problems - Page 309: 12

Answer

Area of contact between each tire and ground is $A=4.7566\times10^{-4}m^2=4.7566cm^2$

Work Step by Step

Weight of person $W_{p}=625N$ weight of bike $W_{b}=98N$ Total Weight on Two tires $W=W_{p}+W_{b}=625N+98N$ Total Weight on Two tires $W=723N$ assuming that the weight is equally distributed among the tires, force experienced by each tire will be half of the above weight. so force on each tire $F=\frac{723}{2}N=361.5N$ Pressure in each tire is given as $P=7.6\times10^{5}Pa=7.6\times10^{5}N/m^2$ so from $P=\frac{F}{A}$ $A=\frac{F}{P}$ so area of contact between each tire and ground is $A=\frac{361.5N}{7.6\times10^{5}N/m^2}$ $A=47.566\times10^{-5}m^2$ $A=4.7566\times10^{-4}m^2$ since $1cm^2=10^{-4}m^2$ $A=4.7566\times10^{-4}m^2=4.7566cm^2$
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