The pressure exerted by a women wearing shoes with pointed heels is ...... than what an elephant with one foot can exert on ground :

Much lesser

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Much greater

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Both equal

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None of these

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The correct option is A Much greater
The pressure exerted by a women wearing shoes with pointed heels is much greater than what an elephant with one foot can exert on ground. This because of lesser area of contact of pointed heels.

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An elephant weighing 40,000 N stands on one foot of area 1000 $c m^{2}$ whereas a girl weighing 400 N is standing on one 'stiletto' heel of area 1 $c m^{2}$ .

(a) Which of the two, elephant or girl, exerts a larger force on the ground and by how much ?
(b) What pressure is exerted on the ground by the elephant standing on one foot ?
(c) What pressure is exerted on the ground by the girl standing on one heel ?
(d) Which of the two exerts larger pressure on the ground : elephant or girl ?
(e) What is the ratio of pressure exerted by the girl to the pressure exerted by the elephant ?

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