10.5 A 50 kg girl wearing high heel shoes balances on a single heel. The heel is circular with a diameter 1.0 cm. What is the pressure exerted by the heel on the horizontal floor?

Given,
m=50kg
d=1cm=0.01m
r=d2=0.012=0.005m
Now,
Areaofheel,A=πr2=227×0.0052
=7.85×10-5m2
Forceexertedbytheheelonthefloor,F-=mg
=50×9.8=490N
Hence,pressure,P=FA
=4907.85×10-5=6.24×106Nm-2