A thumb tack has an area of 0.5mm2 in contact with a wall.
A pressure of 40N/mm2
is needed for the drawing pin to go into
the wall.
Calculate the force needed to push the drawing pin into the wall.
Show your working and give the unit with your answer.

Molten iron fills a mould, which has a volume of 200 cm cubed. calculate the volume when the iron cools and solidifies. molten iron has a density of 7.0g/cm cubed. in its solid state, iron has a density of 8.0g/cm cubed.

Which configuration would produce an electric current? a) rotate a coil of copper wire between two magnets. b) connect a wire between a copper and zinc strip sitting in a beaker of water. c) connect a wire to the (+) positive end of a battery and the other end to a light bulb. d) connect a wire to the negative end of a battery and the other end to a light bulb.

Asolid cylinder and a cylindrical shell have the same mass, same radius, and turn on frictionless, horizontal axles. the cylindrical shell has light-weight spokes connecting the shell to the axle. a rope is wrapped around each cylinder and tied to blocks of equal masses that are held the same height above the ground. both blocks are released simultaneously. the ropes do not slip. which block hits the ground first? or is it a tie?