Physics, asked by prakriti4474, 11 months ago

explain why a person can lie on a bed of nails if there is a very large number of nails

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Answered by premsai2141

Answer:

A person can lie on a bed of nails because they poke him

Answered by ronrexy61

It appears to the spectator that anyone lying on this "bed" would be injured by the nails, but this is not so. Assuming the nails are numerous enough, the weight is distributed among them so that the pressure exerted by each nail is not enough to puncture the person's skin.

As Pressure= Force/Area

Since area becomes larger, the Pressure decreases

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