A hammer exerts a force of 1.5 N on each of the two nails A and B. The area of cross section of tip of nail is 2 $m m^{2}$ while that of nail B is 6 $m m^{2}$ . Calculate pressure on each nail in pascal.

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A hammer exerts a force of 1.5 N on each of the two nails A and B. The area of cross section of tip of nail is 2 mm2 while that of nail B is 6 mm2. Calculate pressure on each nail in pascal.

There will be 107 in the final answer instead of 10−7

A hammer exerts a force of 1.5 N on each of the two nails A and B. The area of cross section of tip of nail is 2 $m m^{2}$ while that of nail B is 6 $m m^{2}$ . Calculate pressure on each nail in pascal.

There will be $10^{7}$ in the final answer instead of $10^{- 7}$