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No, a stack of pennies would manifest a greater force, but the pressure would be the same. Pressure is force per area, which means that the increased weight fro
by Ma8ee 5y ago
No, a stack of pennies would manifest a greater force, but the pressure would be the same. Pressure is force per area, which means that the increased weight from a wider column is exactly cancelled by the increased area that the force is distributed over.
- Denvercoder9 5y agoTechnically a stack of quarters would exert a greater pressure, but only because they're made of a denser material than pennies.
- RealityVoid 5y agoOk, yes, this holds true if the support surface increases the same. But the parallels still do not hold too well. Imagine sort of a funnel holding water, no matter the thickness of the base or top, the fluid pressure at the base is the same. Whereas with coins it does not work the same.