The pressure on the back of your hand as you're swimming is 1.15x105 Pa. The force exerted by the water on the back of your hand is 760N. What is the area (correct to two decimal places) of the back of your hand in cm?? The area is cm?.

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The pressure on the back of your hand as you're swimming is 1.15x105 Pa. The force exerted by the water on the back of
your hand is 760N. What is the area (correct to two decimal places) of the back of your hand in cm??
The area is
cm?.
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