Question #133970

why is pressure is scalar quantity?

Expert's answer

Рressure is the ratio of the force projection on the surface normal to the surface area (p = Fx/S, x - axis perpendicular to the surface). And the projection of the force on a certain direction is a scalar. The ratio of two scalars is a scalar


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