Final answer:
Hydraulic brakes found in each wheel use Pascal's principle and involve a master pedal cylinder that distributes pressure evenly to wheel cylinders, creating a uniform force output at each wheel.
Step-by-step explanation:
The type of brake that will be found in each individual wheel of a vehicle is a hydraulic brake system that uses Pascal's principle. Hydraulic brakes function by the driver exerting a force onto the brake pedal, which is then multiplied by a simple lever and further amplified by the hydraulic system. The pressure from the pedal cylinder, often referred to as the master cylinder, is evenly distributed to each wheel cylinder (also known as slave cylinders), ensuring that the force output F2 is the same in all wheel cylinders. This ensures effective and uniform braking for the vehicle. To calculate the force created at each of the wheel cylinders, the diameters of the pedal and wheel cylinders (A1 and A2, respectively) are taken into account.
For example, if a force of 100 N is applied to the brake pedal, and due to the mechanisms of levers and hydraulics, a force of 500 N is exerted on the pedal cylinder with a diameter of 0.500 cm, and the wheel cylinders have a diameter of 2.50 cm, one would calculate the magnitude of the force F2 created at each wheel cylinder.