Question

A bookcase has a base of 1 m long and 0.5 m wide. It has a mass of 300kg. Find the pressure it exerts on the floor in kPa.

Answer 1

`1m*0.5m=0.5m^2\\ g=10(m)/(s^2)\\ 300kg*10(m)/(s^2)=3000N\\ 3000N--0.5m^2\\ \ \ x\ \ --\ 1\\ x=6000Pa=60kPa`