A gender-neutral individual having a mass of 70 kg owns two pairs of shoes: 1) a pair of stiletto-heeled dress shoes, the heel area of which is 1 cm2 per shoe and, 2) a pair of combat boots, each boot having a heel area of 80 cm2. How much additional pressure is placed on the floor in stiletto heels versus combat boots if this person puts all their weight on one heel?
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The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
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Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
A gender-neutral individual having a mass of 70 kg owns two pairs of shoes: 1) a pair of stiletto-heeled dress shoes, the heel area of which is 1 cm2 per shoe and, 2) a pair of combat boots, each boot having a heel area of 80 cm2.
How much additional pressure is placed on the floor in stiletto heels versus combat boots if this person puts all their weight on one heel?
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