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Pressure is a quantity derived from force and the area in contact with the force. What is it that pressure measures?

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. Pressure is a quantity derived from force and the area in contact with the force. What is it that pressure measures?


  1. the force being exerted on an area.
  2. the force divided by the area.
  3. the force multiplied by the area.
  4. the force divided by the area squared.

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B: Pressure is force divided by area and is measured in N/m2 (= pascal). Choice A is wrong as pressure is not a force.

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