A thrust of $20 N$ is acting on an area of $2 m^{2}$ . How much pressure is acting on the surface?

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Solution

Pressure can be defined as the thrust acting per unit area.
$P = \frac{F}{A}$
$P = \frac{20}{2}$
$P = 10 N m^{- 2}$

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