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Lesson: Chapter 15 — Fluid Pressure and Its Applications

15.1. Pressure 5 of 5

Question 5

Is pressure a scalar or a vector quantity, and why?

The right answer is the one marked above.

A scalar, because pressure has magnitude only. A number and a unit are therefore enough to state a pressure in full.

Pressure does come from force, which is a vector, but dividing by an area does not carry the direction through. The best evidence is that at a point inside a liquid the pressure is the same in every direction.

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