Physics, asked by Chaitanya7002, 9 months ago

The pointed end of a nail is easily hammered onto a wall. Give reason

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Answered by expertgenius1st
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Answer:

It is easier to hammer a sharp nail than a blunt one into the wood. This is because blunt nail occupies more area than sharped nail. As pressure exerted it inversely proportional to area lesser the the area, the pressure will be more.So the sharp will exert more pressure as it occupies less area.

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Answered by Tankkkkkkkk
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Answer:

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Explanation:

because of large amount of pressure,

since area is inversely proportional to the area

therefore the pointed edge of nail has less area due to which it gets easily hanmered into the wall

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