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A blacksmith carries a hammer on his shoulder and holds in at the other end of its light handle in his hand. If he changes the point of support of the handle and x is the distance between the point of support and his hand , then the pressure on his hand varies with x as :

A

x

B

`x^2`

C

`1//x`

D

`1//x^2`

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C
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