A person drives a nail into the wall by hitting it with a hammer with a force of 35 N

A person drives a nail into the wall by hitting it with a hammer with a force of 35 N what pressure does the nail produce when it is udap if its area is 0.02 cm.

Given:

F = 35 Newton – the force with which a person hits a nail;

S = 0.02 square centimeters – the area of the nail.

It is required to determine P (Pascal) – the pressure that the nail produces on the wall.

Let’s convert square centimeters to square meters:

S = 0.02 cm2 = 0.02 * 0.0001 = 0.000002 square meters.

Then the pressure of the nail will be equal to:

P = F / S = 35 / 0.000002 = 17,500,000 Pascal = 17.5 MPa.

Answer: The nail produces a wall pressure of 17.5 MPa (17,500,000 Pascal).