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Jlenok [28]
4 years ago
5

Why could you hold a stack of books on your head without pain, whereas it would hurt if someone put a small pebble between the b

ook and your head? Why is it so easy to cut yourself with the edge of a piece of paper (a "paper cut")?
Physics
2 answers:
trapecia [35]4 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Both the cases deal with the principle of pressure due to force acting on an area.

Explanation:

When a stone is place between a pile of book and our head when we carry it then the area subjected to the force decreases while the magnitude of the force remains same and therefore the pressure on our head increases.

As we know that pressure is force per unit area is called pressure.

Mathematically:

Pressure=\frac{Force}{Area}

It is easy to cut our skin with an edge of a paper because our skin is relatively softer than the edge of a paper and the edge of a paper is thin which applies more pressure due to  less area of contact with our skin.

tiny-mole [99]4 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Explanation:

When we hold a stack of books on the head it does not cause pain whereas it hurt when a small pebble is placed between books and head.

This happens because the surface area of books is much larger as compared to the small pebble.

The pressure is given by Force per unit area and for pebble, the area is very small causing too much pressure intensity on the head which leads to pain while holding it.        

Similar is the case with paper. As the edge of the paper is sharp so a small amount of force is sufficient to cause a cut.      

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