A police crime lab is trying to determine whether someone was murdered or died as a result of an accident. He was struck in the temple by a 4.20-kg sculpture that is alleged to have fallen off a bookcase. The sculpture presumably fell a distance of 1.43 m and the corner that struck him had an area of 0.250 cm2. If the time for the sculpture to stop was 1.00 ms, the pressure on his temple, in N/m2, was

A. 8.89 × 104.
B. 1.65 × 105.
C. 1.65 × 106.
D. 8.89 × 108.
E. 1.65 × 109.


Answer: D

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