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(a) What is hydrostatic paradox?
(b) What determines the pressure due to a liquid : its depth or the total quiantity of liquid?

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(a) The surprising fact that different amounts of liquid may exerts the same pressure is called gydrostatic paradox.
(b) Pressure due to liquid is determained by the depth and not by the total quantity of liquid.
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