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according to newton's law force = mass * acceleration , and pressure = force/area , then why not M*A=P*A?
according to newton's law force = mass * acceleration , and pressure = force/area , then why is mass * acceleration is not equal to pressure * area
why cant we equate force?
5 Answers
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
F=ma
p=F/S (I use S(S)pace)
F=Sp - could be, but
1) m is not dependant on how fat you're moving or what punches you into the seat. So you can't equate these formulas together.
2) acceleration is totally different than area.
- Anonymous8 years ago
You could technically equate them, but it shouldn't be written as ma = pa because then the a would be confused as being acceleration or area for both sides of the equation, which isn't the case since on the left it's acceleration and on the right it's area
- Andrew SmithLv 78 years ago
Obviously using the same letter for two different things is not mathematically valid.
But if you used m * a = P * A
a = P * A / m
you have the acceleration of a bullet within a gun barrel.
Or the maximum acceleration of any unloaded piston acted upon by a gas pressure.
- zaLv 78 years ago
In a strict consideration of the units, it is correct. But realistically it doesn't make a lot of sense.
If you had a hydraulic piston accelerating something like a load of earth at the business end of one of those machines they have on building sites, then you could use P*Area = Mass*acceleration. But it doesn't happen very often.
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