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A student uses a glue stick with an area of 4 cm3, putting

a pressure of 0.5 N/cm2 on her book. Calculate the force
she puts on the glue stick.​

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Answer:

So F=2N

Hope this helps.

Step-by-step explanation:

P= F/A, where P is pressure, F is force, A is area.

So

P=F/A

0.5N/cm2 = F/4cm2 <--(do cross

2N=F multiplication,

4×0.5)

( And pls check on the unit of area u wrote, it should be (4cm2), not (4cm3) Unit of area is cm2.)

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