Suppose a person's weight is evenly distributed over the four legs of a chair ( person plus
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Suppose a person's weight is evenly distributed over the four legs of a chair person plus chair: The area of contact with the floor is for each chair leg. Calculate the pressure on the floor for each chair leg. Now compare to the pressure exerted under a ice skater standing on two skates which EACH have rectangular cross sections of by Watch out that you really use WEIGHT and, to get the correct units for pressure, use Newtons per square METER, not square or Give your answer in Pascals and atmospheres.
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ISBN: 978-0073398242
11th edition
Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell, Brian Self
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