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You can chew through very tough objects with your incisors
Chapter 11, Problem 69(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 69PE
You can chew through very tough objects with your incisors because they exert a large force on the small area of a pointed tooth. What pressure in pascals can you create by exerting a force of 500 N with your tooth on an area of 1.00 mm2 ?
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QUESTION:
Problem 69PE
You can chew through very tough objects with your incisors because they exert a large force on the small area of a pointed tooth. What pressure in pascals can you create by exerting a force of 500 N with your tooth on an area of 1.00 mm2 ?
ANSWER:
Step 1 of 2:
A stronger object can be broken easily by our incisors by exerting a larger force on the object. Inside our mouth, a huge pressure is applied on the objects if we chew them in a smaller area. We are going to find the pressure exerted on the object by the applied force.
The force exerted
The area of the tooth