Pressure Exerted
 

Pressure Exerted problem 16


A rectangular marble block has dimensions by by and weighs . The marble block is stored with the long side resting on the ground, as in diagram 1.




What is the change in the pressure on the ground due to the block when the block is stored as in diagram 2 rather than diagram 1?


  • a decrease of


  • an increase of


  • an increase of


  • no change


 

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