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Would you please explain in details , why pressure is a scalar, though, [itex]pressure = \frac {force}{area}[/itex] and force is a vector ?
Rewrite the expression as ##f=p~a##. In that expression force is a vector and pressure is a scalar, so what kind of quantity is area?Would you please explain in details , why pressure is a scalar, though, [itex]pressure = \frac {force}{area}[/itex] and force is a vector ?