Concordia Physics Questions – Description
You are about to move into a new apartment and your landlord tells you that new hardwood floors were recently installed and you should not damage the hardwood floors in any way.
You are deciding on a new bed to purchase for your apartment, and you are considering purchasing either a standard bed supported by four legs, or a water bed which sits completely on the floor (with no legs).
Determine the pressure applied by the standard bed on the hardwood floor. Assume the bed weighs 400 pounds and assume the bed is supported by four legs where each leg has a circular cross-section with radius 1.5 cm. Assume the weight of the bed is equally distributed across the four legs. Write your answer using SI units and show all calculations.
Determine the pressure applied by the water bed on the hardwood floor. Assume the water bed is 2 m wide and 2.5 m long and 25 cm deep. Assume the density of water is 1000 kg/m3. Assume the entire bottom surface of the water bed makes full contact with the hardwood floor. Write your answer using SI units and show all calculations.
Compare the pressure exerted on the hardwood floor by the standard bed versus the water bed. Which bed exerts more pressure on the floor?
How many times greater is the pressure in one bed versus the other bed?
Which bed option will you select in order to minimize any damage to the hardwood floor?
Is your answer to part (5) what you expected, or is your answer to part (5) counterintuitive to what you expecte
Include at least 1 scholarly reference in addition to the course textbook.
Your paper should be 1-2 pages in length and conform to APA guidelines
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