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Assertion : Hydrostatic pressure is a vector quantity.
Reason : Pressure is force divided by area, and force is a vector quantity.

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Since due to applied force on liquid, the pressure is transmitted equally in all directions inside the liquied. That is why there is no fixed directions for the prssure due to liquid. Hence hydrostatic pressure is a scalar quantity.
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