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drink

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In which of the following cases would the maximum contact pressure from the floor on a person be the least?
  1.when the person is lying down on the floor
  2.when the person is sitting on the floor
  3.when the person is standing on the floor
  4.when the person is standing on their tip-toes on the floor

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A block of steel is found on a ship sunk in 5000 meters of water, where pressures are about 500 times that on the Earth at sea level. To know its dimensions at sea level, which relationship between stress and strain for this metal would we need to know?
  1.Young's modulus
  2.shear modulus
  3.bulk modulus
  4.none of these


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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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drink

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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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