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Explain why
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Answer :
Pascal's law states that pressure exerted anywhere on a confined incompressible fluid is transmitted equally and undiminished throughout the entire fluid. So when force is applied on a liquid, pressure is transmitted in all directions. A vector has only one direction but hydrostatic pressure does not have a specific direction . So it is considered a scalar quantity.
Figure showing the pictorial representation of Pascal's law
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