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Fluid Pressure & Pascal's Law

Drag the piston — watch pressure propagate through connected chambers

Drag the left piston up/down


Pascal's Law: pressure applied to a confined fluid transmits undiminished to all surfaces. Here the left piston (small area A₁) and right piston (large area A₂=3A₁) are hydraulically connected. F₂/F₁ = A₂/A₁ = mechanical advantage 3×.