Assertion :The pressure at the bottom of two tanks of different area of cross sections are equal if they contain same liquid to same height Reason: Pressure of a liquid is hdg and is independent of shape and width of the container
A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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C
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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D
Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct
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Solution
The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion The pressure at the bottom of tank is P=ρgh
Since pressure only depend on height and density ,so it is independent of cross section area.So reason is correct explanation of Assertion .