A student has a glass coffee table in their dorm room that they want to stack some of their books on. However?

Question

If the pile of books has a mass of 12.60 kg, a length of 33.02 cm, a width of 33.02 cm, and
a height of 25.45 cm, how much pressure (N/m2) must the table be able to withstand at any place
where the books are placed ?

Answer 1

Isn't this a physics problem? Anyway, you have to compute the area of the base of the pile (LxW), and then the pressure is (in appropriate units)
(9.8 m/sec^2)* 12.60 kg/(LxW)