raunak
 
Reply Sat 3 Mar, 2012 12:12 pm
a student is doing an experiment to find the pressure exerted by an iron cuboid of dimension3cmx6cmx15cm on loose sand he will observe that the cube exerts maximum pressure when it is placed on the sand with its side of dimension
(a)3cmx6cm
(b)6cmx15cm
(c)3cmx15cm
(d)15cmx6cm
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Reply Sat 3 Mar, 2012 02:06 pm
@raunak,
B and C are the same, but in either instance the smallest side would exert the greatest pressure per area... Am I missing something???
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