Question Number 191007 by sciencestudentW last updated on 16/Apr/23
$${which}\:{quantities}\:{is}\:{the}\:{preassure}? \\ $$$${scalar}\:\:{or}\:{vector}? \\ $$
Commented by mr W last updated on 16/Apr/23
$${someone}\:{who}\:{repeatly}\:{wants}\:{other}\: \\ $$$${people}\:{to}\:{give}\:{him}\:{fish}\:{but}\:{refuses} \\ $$$${to}\:{learn}\:{the}\:{technique}\:{to}\:{fish}\:{by}\: \\ $$$${himself}\:{doesn}'{t}\:{deserve}\:{any}\:{fish}\: \\ $$$${from}\:{other}\:{people}. \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{Q}\mathrm{190849}! \\ $$
Answered by aleks041103 last updated on 16/Apr/23
$${Pressure}\:{is}\:{a}\:{scalar}\:{quantity}. \\ $$$${The}\:{force}'{s}\:{direction}\:{comes}\:{from}\:{the}\:{direction} \\ $$$${of}\:{the}\:{surface}'{s}\:{surface},\:{as}\:{the}\:{force}\: \\ $$$${excerted}\:{by}\:{the}\:{pressure}\:{is}\:{always}\:{normal} \\ $$$${to}\:{the}\:{surface}. \\ $$