Which pair of changes, applied at the same time, always decreases the pressure that a heavy wooden block exerts on a flat horizontal surface?
Weight of the block: increase; Contact area with the surface: decrease
Weight of the block: increase; Contact area with the surface: increase
Weight of the block: decrease; Contact area with the surface: increase
Weight of the block: decrease; Contact area with the surface: decrease
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