You press a stick that has a varying cross-sectional area horizontally between the palms of your hands. The area of the stick pushing against your left palm is twice the area of the stick pushing against your right palm.The force on your left palm is twice than the force on your right palm

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


False

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find the distance on the screen from the first dark fringe on one side of the central maximum to the second dark fringe on the other side. A) 57.2 mm B) 38.1 mm C) 76.3 mm D) 26.9 mm

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