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Grade 11Mechanics

pressure in a liquid at two points in the same horizontal plane is same. Is this valid in an elevator acc. upward and a car accelerating on a horizontal road?

Profile image of Preeti Dey
9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Piyush Kumar Behera
9 Years ago
The statement is true for any acceleration in vertical direction as it may not affect the pressure gradient in the horizontal direction .But in the second case as there is an acceleration in the horizontal direction ,ther is a pressure gradient in the horizontal direction due to a psuedo force.Hence in the second case the pressure at same hieght may not be same.
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