What is pressure? What are the units of pressure? What is greater: the pressure at the bottom of a 10,000-gallon kiddie pool that is 6 inches deep or a 100 gallon tank that is 10 feet deep?
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Pressure is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed. It is a measure of how much force is acting upon a certain area. Show more…
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