Find the pressure exerted by a solid,when placed on a wooden platform.The area of contact is 200 cm and the solid weight 150 N?

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Well, pressure is force/area

but the SI unit for area is m2, so 200 cm2
is 0.02 m2

so Pressure = 150/0.02 = 75 Pa
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