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Actually, yours is not such a great explanation, since a stack of quarters would manifest greater pressure than a stack of pennies. Whereas, a fluid column woul
by RealityVoid 5y ago
Actually, yours is not such a great explanation, since a stack of quarters would manifest greater pressure than a stack of pennies. Whereas, a fluid column would manifest the same pressure no matter the diameter.
- Ma8ee 5y agoNo, a stack of pennies would manifest a greater force, but the pressure would be the same. Pressure is force per area, which means that the increased weight from a wider column is exactly cancelled by the increased area that the force is distributed over.
- Denvercoder9 5y agoTechnically a stack of quarters would exert a greater pressure, but only because they're made of a denser material than pennies.
- RealityVoid 5y agoOk, yes, this holds true if the support surface increases the same. But the parallels still do not hold too well. Imagine sort of a funnel holding water, no matter the thickness of the base or top, the fluid pressure at the base is the same. Whereas with coins it does not work the same.
- morpheos137 5y agopenny is symbolic. diameter is irrelavent if scale is undefined.