A 50 kg child sits on the left side of the bathtub. A small toy boat of 0.5 kg is on the right side of the bathtub. Which part of the bathtub has the greatest pressure

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Answer:

Option 2

Explanation:

The complete question is

A 50 kg child sits on the left side of the bathtub. A small toy boat of 0.5 kg is on the right side of the bathtub. Which part of the bathtub has the greatest pressure

  1. Top
  2. Bottom
  3. Left
  4. Right

Solution

It is the bottom of the bucket that will high pressure because of the additional weight of 50 Kg boy along with the weight of the water and the tub itself.

Pressure acts in the down ward direction and is equal to the force/weight divided by the area.

Hence, option 2 is correct

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