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mbondur
Nov8-04, 12:10 PM
I am taking an online quiz and I have been looking for 3 days for a way to solve this problem (all I need are the formulas, the math I can handle on my own).

It's a 2 part question. Here goes.

What is the absolute (!) pressure on the bottom of a water filled swimming pool 25.0 m by 12.40 m whose uniform depth is 1.86 m ?

and then

What is the total force on the bottom of that swimming pool?

Tide
Nov8-04, 12:29 PM
What is the weight of the water and air supported by a unit of area of the pool bottom?

arildno
Nov8-04, 12:30 PM
Welcome to PF!
Have you heard of hydrostatic pressure?

mbondur
Nov8-04, 12:33 PM
The water and air are normal weight at sea level, and no, hydrostatic pressure is new to me.