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प्रश्न
A chapatti maker is a machine which converts balls of dough into chapatties. What effect of force comes into play in this process?
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उत्तर
The force on unit area is called pressure, works on the chapaties. This is the pressure that works on the dough balls and make them chapatties with the help of machine.
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