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Lesson: Chapter 15 — Fluid Pressure and Its Applications

15.1. Pressure 1 of 5

Question 1

What is pressure?

The right answer is the one marked above.

The normal force acting on unit area. That is why pressure = force ÷ area.

Taking the total force alone ignores the area, and dividing weight by volume gives a different quantity altogether, not pressure.

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