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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 28, 2011 at 2:49pm.

The small piston has a diameter of 2cm and the large piston has a diameter of 6cm. How much more force can the larger piston exert compared with the force applied to the smaller piston?

physics - drwls, Friday, January 28, 2011 at 5:35pm
The force is inversely proprtional to the area, since the hydraulic pressure is cnstant.

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