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According to Pascal's law, pressure has the same value in all the points of water-filled containers. 10.) In non-Newtonian fluid, the distribution of hydrostatic pressure changes linearly with depth.

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containers.
(10.) In non-Newtonian fluid, the distribution of hydrostatic pressure changes linearly with
depth.

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