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प्रश्न
P is the pressure at some point in a liquid. State whether pressure P is a scalar or vector quantity.
उत्तर
Pressure exerted on an enclosed fluid gets transmitted equally and undiminishing in all directions. So no particular direction is associated with pressure.
That is why Pressure is a scalar quantity.
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