Question

Find the thrust acting on the human body due to atmospheric pressure. Take the surface area of a man of middle size to be 1.5m²and atmospheric pressure (1atm) =1.013×10⁵Pa

Answer 1

we know that

pressure = force /area

here force is nothing but the thrust exerted

so,

thrust = pressure x area

or

F = 1.013 x 10⁵ * 1.5

thus, thrust will be

F = 1.5195 x 10⁵ N