Anoop placed a cuboid of dimensions 12cm×8cm×6cmwith different faces touching the table will experience the greatest pressure

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Solution

Pressure = force / area
here , force = weight exerted by the cuboid =mg , which will be same in all cases .Pressure is inversely related to area, which implies
greatest pressure will be experienced by the table when the cuboid is placed with the side of least area.
That is the side with dimensions 8cm×6cm

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