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The pressure exerted at any point in an enclosed fluid is transmitted equally in all directions. This is known as

A

Archimedes principle

B

Law of floatation

C

Pascal's law

D

Bernoulli's principle

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From Pascal's law of transmission fo pressure, the increase in pressure of the enclosed in equilibrium of rest in transmitted equality to all point of the liquid and also to the container walls.
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