Question

Solid object weight 200 Newton when placed on a wooden plank the area of contact is found to be 5m square find the pressure exerted by solid object ?

Answer 1

Pressure = force/area

So,

200/5= 40 pascals

Answer 2

Given:

Weight of the solid object = 200 N

Contact area = 5 m²

To find:

The pressure exerted by the solid object.

Solution:

We know that the formula for pressure is:

Pressure = Force/ Area

This means that we can find the pressure exerted on a body by another body by dividing the force exerted by the other body by the contact area between the bodies.

On substituting the values in the given formula, we get:

Pressure = 200/ 5 = 40 N/m²

Thus the pressure exerted by the solid object will be 40 N/m².