Question

Ask your friends to pick up their pencils and press their both ends with equal force. Now answer
the following:

(i) Which end has a smaller area and what happens to the pain experienced when the surface
area in contact with the finger is smaller?

Now, press both ends of the pencil with a greater force and discuss:

(ii) Does the pressure exerted on fingers increase with force?
(iii) What is the relationship between pressure and force?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1 the one with pencil head has smaller area

see its all based on pressure = force /area

as force increase pressure increase

as area decrease p inc

so we get relation p proportional to f and inversely proportional to a//thsi will help you mate