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OS-AP-11-85 · OpenStax College Physics for AP Courses 2e

Pressures in the Body (Problem 85)

You are pumping up a bicycle tire with a hand pump, the piston of which has a 2.00-cm radius. (a) What force in newtons must you exert to create a pressure of (b) What is unreasonable about this (a) result? (c) Which premises are unreasonable or inconsistent? Select the answer to part (a).