Answer to Question #121149 in Classical Mechanics for Lizwi

Question

The pressure on a submerged object acts
1 : only on the top surface of the object
2 : perpendicularly on every section of the submerged object
3 : only on the bottom surface of the object.
4 : on the top and the sides of the submerged object

Answer 1

Correct option is (2).

The pressure on a submerged object acts "perpendicularly on every section of the submerged object"