eli5 what is the logical explanation that the smaller the surface the higher the pressure?

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I mean I know that it’s a fact but why?

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The pressure is simply the force over a specific area.

If I have two legs holding weight, each leg only needs to hold half the weight.

If two square inches of floor are experiencing a force, each one only gets half of that force.

So by reducing the area of contact, we concentrate the force down and so the pressure on that smaller area is higher.

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