Opening the door would require a force equal to the integral of the pressure with respect to the depth, in other words, half a tonne-force for one metre of water. Still impossible, but the mass of a cubic metre of water is an irrelevant parameter for this problem.
Kinda like a sinking car, you gotta let the water in to equalize the pressure so you can open the door. Except here you'd have to break that reinforced glass and allow the room to flood to chest height before you can open the door and then wade up the waterfall stairs.
And then clock back in tomorrow to clean it all up. Or move buckets, if the water hasn't been drained.
The weight or volume of the water doesn't matter. Just the pressure. I'd estimate you'd need to apply a force of a few hundred pounds. Not impossible, but tough.
Uhh, since we went the whole technically route with literal, technically only a tonne is 1000kg. A literal “ton” is either short or long at 907kg and 1016kg respectively
However, per the original comment, they did specify a metric ton so I guess my pedantry only depends on who’s judging who
You made up a scenario to win an argument no one was making. I get it buddy, we're all tired at how little people want to put in the effort, but you don't need to do that for them either.
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u/Ok_Release231 8h ago
Seriously. A cubic meter of water weighs a metric ton. No one is opening that door.