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A brick is 40 cm long, 20 cm wide and 10cm thick. It weighs 32N and is lying flat on the ground. Find the pressure exerted by the brick on the ground

A brick is 40 cm long, 20 cm wide and 10cm thick. It weighs 32N and is lying flat on the ground. Find the pressure exerted by the brick on the ground

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Manav
11 Points
7 years ago
By definition, a pressure is the force acting perpendicular to the surface divided by the area on which this force is distributed.In our case, the force is the weight of a brick and it is given (32 N). The area on which the weight is distributed is equal to the length (40 cm) multiplied by the width (20 cm), so it is equal to 800 cm^2. So the pressure is32/800=25 Pa

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