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An air tight container having a lid with negligible mass and an area of 8 cm2 is partially evacuated. If a 48N force is required to pull the lid off the container and the atmospheric pressure is 1.0 x 105Pa, the pressure in the container before it is opened must be:

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0.6atm
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0.5atm
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0.4atm
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0.2atm
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Solution

The correct option is C. 0.4atm.

The pressure required to pull the lid off the container is given by,
P=FA=480.0008=0.6×105Pa=0.6 atm.
Therefore, pressure inside vessel P=PairP
P=10.6
P=0.4 atm.


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