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The fig below shows a hydraulic press used to compress a bale (i) Explain briefly ho a force applied on the lever compresses the bale. (ii) Given...

The fig below shows a hydraulic press used to compress a bale
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(i) Explain briefly ho a force applied on the lever compresses the bale.
(ii) Given that the area of piston B is 18cm2 and that of piston A 3.0cm3. A force of 2N is
applied to piston A, find the force produced on the larger piston B that compresses
the bale.

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Kavungya
(i) On down stroke, V1 closes and V2 opens, liquid pressure is transmitted from A to B owing to the large area of A to B, a large force is produced which compresses the bale.

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Kavungya answered the question on May 21, 2019 at 07:12

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