Answer true or false. If a submerged horizontal object is elevated to twice its original depth, the force exerted on the top of the object will be twice the force originally exerted on the object. Assume there is a vacuum above the liquid surface.

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This statement is known as Pascal's Law, which states that the pressure applied to an enclosed fluid is transmitted uniformly throughout the fluid. In this case, since the depth of the object has doubled, the pressure exerted on it at the bottom (due to the weight of the liquid above it) has also doubled. This increased pressure is transmitted uniformly throughout the fluid, resulting in a doubling of the force exerted on the top of the object.

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