Describe an experiment to show that a liquid exerts pressure at the bottom of the container in which it is kept.

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Take a balloon and tie it at the lower end of a glass tube and hold vertically.

Pour some water in the tube, balloon bulges out as in (b) because water column exerts pressure (∴ liquid has weight) at its bottom. Force on the balloon is equal to the weight of the Thrust water column which is called the thrust, P = $\frac{t h r u s t}{a r e a}$
This shows that a liquid exerts pressure at the bottom of the container in which it is kept.

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