You've just put a new wood floor in your house. An object will dent the flooring if the stress--the force divided by the area--exerted by the object is great enough. A) Find the stress produced by a 50 kg woman in high-heeled shoes (assume a circular heel pad 0.50 cm in diameter) with all of her weight on one heel.
Express your answer with the appropriate units.
B) Find the stress produced by a 5000 kg African elephant (assume a circular contact area of 40 cm in diameter for one foot) standing on all four feet.
Express your answer with the appropriate units.