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With the increase in the area of contact of an object the pressure

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increases

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decreases

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is not affected

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none of these

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Solution

The correct option is B decreases
The pressure is the force per unit area. So, $P = F / A$
Thus the pressure P is inversely proportional to contact area A.
So when area increases , the pressure will be decreasing.

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