Question

a 40 N block exerts 20 Pa of pressure on a table. What is the area of the block that is touching the table?

Answer 1

Pressure is defined as a ratio between force and area at which force is acting:


`pressure= (force)/(area)`

Now we solve this formula for area and we can calculate it.

`area= (force)/(pressure) \\ area= (40)/(20) \\ area=2 m^(2)`