Suppose that you balance a 6kg ball on the tip of your finger, which has an area of 1 cm^2

Find the pressure on your finger.

1 answer

The definition of pressure is (force/area).

The force is the weight, M g, in thiswn case.

They probably want the pressure in Newtons/m^2.

6.0 kg*9.8 m/s^2/10^-4 m^2
= ____ N/m^2