10.1 Explain why

(a) The blood pressure in humans is greater at the feet than at the brain

(b) Atmospheric pressure at a height of about 6 km decreases to nearly half of its value at the sea level, though the height of the atmosphere is more than 100 km

(c) Hydrostatic pressure is a scalar quantity even though pressure is force divided by area

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The pressure of a liquid is given by the following relation:

P = h ρ g, where P = Pressure, h = height of the liquid column,  ρ = is the density of the liquid and g= acceleration due to gravity

From the above relation, because of the h factor (height of the human body), the pressure is more at the feet

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