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What is pressure? How is pressure related to the surface area on which it acts?

Class 8CBSEScienceChapter: Force and Pressure
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Force per unit area is called pressure. Pressure is inversely proportional to the surface area on which it acts. Smaller the area, larger the pressure on the surface for the same force.

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