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A truck filled with gravel parks on a roadside scale that measures 8.00m by 6.80m. If the gravel and truck has a mass of 7,400kg. What pressure does the scale put on the spring below?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Pressure = force / area

P = (7400 kg × 10 m/s²) / (8.00 m × 6.80 m)

P = 1360 Pa

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