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  • 04-01-2018
  • Physics
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About how much pressure do the feet of a 6000 kg elephant exert on the ground assuming each foot has an area of 0.10 square meter

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shinmin
shinmin shinmin
  • 17-01-2018

As you know, the Pressure is calculated by: force divided by area. 
Therefore, plugging in our known values:
Force is equal to 6000Kg then covert this to Newtons = 6000 kg x 9.81 N = 58680


Area is 4*(.1m^2) = .4m^2

Pressure: 58680 N / .4 m^2  = 150,000 N/m^2

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