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What is hydrostatics?
Think about fluids that are not moving.
What does Pascal's law describe?
Consider a water-filled balloon?
What happens to pressure in a fluid as you go deeper?
Think about being underwater.
True or False: Pascal's Law states that pressure can change when exerted on a fluid.
Consider how a pressurized bottle works.
A vertical dam holds water to a height of 20 meters. Calculate the force exerted by the water on the dam wall of area 10 m².
Use hydrostatic pressure equations and keep in mind area of the dam wall.
A hydraulic lift compresses liquid creating a 10 times greater output force than the input. If you apply a force of 100 N, what is the output force?
Remember how pressure is transmitted in a confined fluid.
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