QuestionFluid mechanics / Pascal's law
Why do we prefer to have a liquid and not a gas to be used as the fluid in a hydraulic machine?
- (a) Liquids are compressible while gases are not.
- (b) Liquids are nearly incompressible and transfer the pressure applied to them.
- (c) Liquids are nearly incompressible and do not transfer the pressure applied to them.
- (d) Liquids are compressible and transfer the pressure applied to them.
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