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Transcribed Image Text:A base of a box is 12 inches by 10
inches. It weighs 360 lbs. What is the
pressure exerted on the floor by the
box in Pascal unit?
note: write only in your answer the
value or magnitude (rounded off into a
whole number). Do not include the
unit.
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