A hydraulic car lift has an input piston of radius 2.9 cm and negligible weight. The output piston has a radius of 67 cm. If you push in on the input piston with a force of 200 N, how much pressure are you applying to the system?   What force will be transferred into the output piston?

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A hydraulic car lift has an input piston of radius 2.9 cm and negligible weight. The output piston has a radius of 67 cm. If you push in on the input piston with a force of 200 N, how much pressure are you applying to the system?

 

What force will be transferred into the output piston?

 

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