Get Answers to all your Questions

header-bg qa

Q 10.1  Explain why

 (c) Hydrostatic pressure is a scalar quantity even though pressure is force divided by area.

Answers (1)

best_answer

When a force is applied on fluid the pressure which gets generated gets uniformly transmitted to all directions and therefore has no particular direction and is a scalar quantity. We talk of division of force with area only while considering the magnitudes. The actual vector form of the relation is\vec{F}=p\vec{A}

Posted by

Sayak

View full answer

Crack CUET with india's "Best Teachers"

  • HD Video Lectures
  • Unlimited Mock Tests
  • Faculty Support
cuet_ads