Question
complete the following sentence. Pressure in a fluid acts in __ directions. downward random
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Answer
all
Explanation
The pressure in a fluid acts equally in all directions due to the fact that the forces in a static fluid emerge in all directions as a result of fluid being compressible at a molecular level. This property means that any change in pressure experienced in any part of the fluid tends to get distributed throughout the whole volume of fluid. This concept of pressure in a fluid acting in all directions is also known as Pascal's Law, as first studied by a French physicist in the 1600s. Therefore, to answer this fill-in the blank question, the appropriate phrase would be "all".