Question

One pascal is equivalent to _______ of force applied over an area of one meter squared.

(a) one newton

(b) 100 newton

(c) 1000 newton

(d) 10 newton

The question was posed to me in examination.

Enquiry is from Pressure Measurement in a Fluid topic in section Fluid Flow Theory & Applications of Food Processing Unit Operations

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) one newton

The explanation is: One pascal is equivalent to one newton of force applied over an area of one meter squared. The pascal is the unit of pressure and it is named after the scientist Blaise Pascal.