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When the two pistons have different surface areas, how will the pressure exerted on them compare? This is in a hydraulic system. Pascals principle will the pressure be the same on both or will one be greater
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When the two pistons have different surface areas, how will the pressure exerted on them compare?

This is in a hydraulic system. Pascals principle
will the pressure be the same on both or will one be greater

User Tyler Murry
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Pascal's principle says that the pressure is the same
everywhere in a confined fluid, no matter how much
or how little area you're looking at.

THAT's why hydraulic systems work ... because the
SAME pressure over MORE area adds up to MORE force.

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