SOLUTION: The diameter of the large piston of a hydraulic press is 20 cm, and the area of the small piston is 0.50 cm^2. If a force of 400 N is applied to the small piston, (a) what is the r

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Question 1177031: The diameter of the large piston of a hydraulic press is 20 cm, and the area of the small piston is 0.50 cm^2. If a force of 400 N is applied to the small piston, (a) what is the resulting force exerted on the large piston?
(b) What is the increase in pressure underneath the small piston? (c) Underneath the large piston?
Answer by ikleyn(52792) About Me  (Show Source):
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Apply the Pascal's law

( see this Wikipedia article

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_law )



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https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/pascals-law