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Question
What are the factors on which the pressure of a liquid depends?
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Solution
The pressure at a point in a liquid depends upon the following three factors:
(i) It depends on the point below the free surface (h)
(ii) It depends on the density of the liquid (ρ)
(iii) It depends upon acceleration due to gravity (g) of the place.
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