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Ananya Shree

Class 11th
Physics
2 years ago

Explain why Hydrostatic pressure is a scalar quantity even though the pressure is force divided by area

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

When force is applied on a liquid, then according to Pascal's Law, the pressure in the liquid is transmitted in all directions.  Hence, hydrostatic pressure does not have a fixed direction and it is a scalar physical quantity.

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