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Since pressure is force per unit area, it is a vector quantity.

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True
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False
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Ambiguous
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Data insufficient
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Solution

The correct option is B False
Answer is B.

Pressure is defined as force per unit area. It is usually more convenient to use pressure rather than force to describe the influences upon fluid behavior. The standard unit for pressure is the Pascal, which is a Newton per square meter.
Therefore, pressure is a scalar quantity, not a vector quantity. It has magnitude but no direction sense associated with it. Pressure acts in all directions at a point inside.
Hence, the statement is false.

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