Question

A wooden object floats in water kept in a beaker. The object is near a side of the beaker. Let P₁, P₂, P₃ be the pressures at the three points A, B and C of bottom as shown in the figure.


(a) P₁ = P₂ = P₃
(b) P₁ < P₂ < P₃
(c) P₁ > P₂ > P₃
(d) P₂ = P₃ ≠ P₁

Answer 1

(a) P₁ = P₂ = P₃

If the fluid is in equilibrium, then the pressure is the same at all points in the same horizontal level.