The principle that 'pressure applied to a confined fluid is transmitted equally in all directions' is known as
AArchimedes' principle
BPascal's principleCORRECT
CBernoulli's principle
DBoyle's law
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Pascal's principle underlies hydraulic systems (jacks, brakes).
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