Why is it not easy to push a nail into a wooden plank by its head?
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It is easy to push a nail into a wooden plank by pointed end becausethe smaller the area, larger the pressure on a surface for the same force. ... Thesame force, therefore, produces a pressure sufficient to push the pointed end of the nail into the wooden plank.
It is easy to push a nail into a wooden plank by pointed end becausethe smaller the area, larger the pressure on a surface for the same force. ... Thesame force, therefore, produces a pressure sufficient to push the pointed end of the nail into the wooden plank.
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Pressure is inversely proportional to area. The area in more in the head of the nail ,therefore it requires much pressure. Hence it is hard to push a nail into wooden plank by its head.
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