A mechanical engineer wants to estimate the pressure a heavy industrial storage container exerts on a concrete floor when resting on a single support pad. She records the following measurements in a table:
| Measurement | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight of the container on the pad | 4800 ............ |
| Area of the pad in contact with the floor | 320 cm2320 \text{ cm}^2320 cm2 |
(i) Complete the table by writing the correct unit for weight on the dotted line. (ii) State the name of a piece of equipment that the engineer could use to measure this weight.
Suggest a method the engineer could use to find the contact area of the support pad on the floor.
(i) State the formula linking pressure, force, and area. (ii) Calculate the pressure, in N/cm2\text{N/cm}^2N/cm2, that the support pad exerts on the floor.