From: csr684@NOTyahoo.com   
      
   thekmanrocks@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Xeno, Arlen:   
   >   
   >   
   > My postulation is more a matter of wording:   
   >   
   > We do not put "33 pounds of air" in a given tire.  We put 33 pounds PER   
   SQUARE INCH in   
   > that tire.  Ergo, that volume of air is applying 33lbs of force to EVERY   
   SQUARE INCH of   
   > the inside of that tire & rim face combination.   
   >   
      
   Correct, it applies 33 PSI of force to every square inch. However that   
   is the total force per square inch that the air applies. You cannot add   
   each inch up and say that number is the total pressure applied.   
      
   It is no different than atmospheric pressure which is around 14.696 PSI.   
   Using your version of physics every human being would be crushed to   
   death by that pressure if you consider the average human male has   
   22.173 square feet of surface area.   
      
   https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/General_Chemistry/Map%3A   
   Chemistry_-_The_Molecular_Nature_of_Matter_and_Change_(Silberber   
   )/05%3A_Gases_and_the_Kinetic-Molecular_Theory/5.02%3A_Gas_Press   
   re_and_Its_Measurement   
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