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17.
Pick out the scalar quantity
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Omar said:
9 years ago
Pressure is a vector quantity because it's related to force and force is a vector quantity. So the direction of pressure will take the same direction of force.
Manasi said:
9 years ago
Isn't pressure a tensor?
Manasi said:
9 years ago
It doesn't have direction, but it gets distributed equally. How is that scalar?
Bhuvana said:
9 years ago
What is a scalar quantity?
LINDOKUHLE said:
8 years ago
Hi, I am confused here according to what I know SCALAR quantity has magnitude/size only, while vector has both magnitude and direction.
According to this question both VELOCITY and PRESSURE are scalar quantity.
According to this question both VELOCITY and PRESSURE are scalar quantity.
EXCELIDE said:
7 years ago
I thought it's acceleration.
Bogohe said:
7 years ago
The correct choice is B because pressure acts in all direction this has its root and prove in Crushing can experiment.
Anonymous said:
1 decade ago
Pressure has only magnitude and not direction.
Aravind said:
1 decade ago
Pressure don't have direction.
Rudra dev said:
1 decade ago
When we mention the pressure it has no demand of direction. So it is a scalar quantity?
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