Question

pressure acts on a surface area in the direction​

Answer 1

Pressure is a scalar quantity defined as force per unit area. Pressure only concerns the force component perpendicular to the surface upon which it acts, thus if the force acts at an angle, the force component along the direction perpendicular to thesurface must be used to calculatepressure.

Answer 2

Answer:

Pressure acts perpendicular (or normal) to the solid surface of an object. So ,the direction of the force on the small section of the object is along the normal to the surface.

Explanation:

Pressure is a scalar quantity defined as force per unit area. Pressure only concerns the force component perpendicular to the surface upon which it acts, thus if the force acts at an angle, the force component along the direction perpendicular to the surface must be used to calculate pressure.