Question

what is the pressure that an object exerts on the floor that has a weight of 500N and and area of .001m squared?

Answer 1

QUESTION:

What is the pressure that an object exerts on the floor that has a weight of 500N and area of .001m squared?

SOLUTION:

Pressure is the ratio of force F to the area S over which that force is distributed.

$$p = \frac{F}{s}$$

Here $F = 500\ \mathrm{N}$ and $S = 0.001\ \mathrm{m}^2$. Hence

$$p = \frac{500}{0.001} = 0.5\ \mathrm{MPa}$$

ANSWER:

$$p = \frac{500}{0.001} = 0.5\ \mathrm{MPa}$$