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Chapter 3 PRESSURE AND FLUID STATICS - Department of ...

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Pascal’s law: The pressure applied to a<br />

confined fluid increases the pressure<br />

throughout by the same amount.<br />

The area ratio A 2 /A 1 is<br />

called the ideal mechanical<br />

advantage <strong>of</strong> the hydraulic<br />

lift.<br />

Lifting <strong>of</strong> a large<br />

weight by a small<br />

force by the<br />

application <strong>of</strong><br />

Pascal’s law.<br />

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