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Fluid statics
Question

A cylindrical vessel containing a liquid is closed by a smooth piston of mass m. If A is the cross-sectional area of the piston and P0 is the atmospheric pressure, then the pressure of the liquid just below the piston is

Easy
Solution

Since the piston is in equilibrium.

PA = P0A + mg or P = P0+mgA  

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