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Mercury weighs more than water. Would the pressure exerted by water is greater or less than the pressure exerted by the same amount of mercury?

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Mercury weighs more than water and is a metal so mercury exerts greater force than water. The pressure increase is an increase in force, so we can say that mercury exerts more pressure than water.

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