Consider a hydraulic press.When the input piston is depressed 20 cm,the output piston is raised 1 cm.On the same press,an input force of 1 N can lift a load of

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Pascal's law states that pressure is transmitted equally throughout a fluid. In a hydraulic press, the pressure applied to the input piston is transmitted to the output piston. Since the area of the output piston is larger than the area of the input piston, the force exerted by the output piston is greater than the force exerted by the input piston. In this case, the input piston is depressed 20 cm and the output piston is raised 1 cm. This means that the area of the output piston is 20 times greater than the area of the input piston. Therefore, the force exerted by the output piston is 20 times greater than the force exerted by the input piston. An input force of 1 N can lift a load of 20 N.

Consider a Hydraulic Press