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Pressure applied to an enclosed fluid is transmitted:
AUndiminished
BHalf as much
COnly downward
DOnly upward
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Undiminished
1. The applied pressure reaches every part of the fluid.
2. It weakens nowhere along the way.
3. So it is transmitted undiminished and equally in all directions.
_Source: NCERT Class 11 Physics Part II, Chapter 10, Mechanical Properties of Fluids._
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